Pitch Pipe
Pitch Pipe
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- Description (Brief)
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This pitch pipe was made by an unknown maker probably in the United States, 1774. It is made of wood with a sliding plunger with a knob, engraved with a scale of pitches. The pitch pipe is elaborately inlaid with hardwoods and ivory. There is an engraved ivory medallion:
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1774
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pitch pipe
- date made
- 1774
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 5/16 in x 2 in x 11 1/8 in; 5.87375 cm x 5.08 cm x 28.2575 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0691.01
- accession number
- 1989.0691
- catalog number
- 1989.0691.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor P. Merrick
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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