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Pitch pipe
This is a rectangular-shaped slide pitch pipe made of wood, having a plunger and a conical-shaped mouthpiece. It has a full chromatic octave scale marked on the lighter wood inlay of the plunger's shaft, along with incised grooves for calibration. The stopper of the plunger is made of leather and cork.
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1750–1850 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.312 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with adjustable stopped lower end
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- Inscriptions:Written in ink on the lighter wood section of slide shaft: C # D # E F # G # A # B C
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.312 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with adjustable stopped lower end
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Length (at low C mark): 705mm; Length (at high C mark): 540mm