Bruno Pitch Pipe
Bruno Pitch Pipe
- Description
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This pitch pipe was made by an undetermined maker in Germany, early 1900s. It has 10 single holes and 10 reeds. This pitch pipe has a red-brown stained wooden comb with a metal cover plate attached with screws. It is stamped:
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C.B. & S. INC. [Bruno logo] N.Y. Sole AGENTS
MADE IN GERMANY -
This pitch pipe was made for C.B. & S., Inc. [C. Bruno & Son, Inc.], a musical instrument importer and dealer in New York City.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pitch pipe
- date made
- early 1900s
- maker
- C. Bruno & Son
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.42875 cm x 8.5725 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.412
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.412
- Credit Line
- The Peter Kassan Collection
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Harmonicas
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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