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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 fro calibration. There are also further penciled marks and notes inscribed (till F above octave). The stopper of the plunger is made of leather and cork. This pipe comes with its original baize-lined wooden box.
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1750–1850 - Maker:
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Stroud District (Cowle) 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|Several penciled marks on slide shaft correcting and adding tones.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.312 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with adjustable stopped lower end
- Repository:Stroud District (Cowle) Museum
- Measurements:Height: 430mm; Height (open at C-sharp mark): 710mm