Pitchpipe
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens]
Measurements
32 mm (Width) x 33 mm (Depth); 350 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335395.3
Summary
Pitchpipe (the second shortest of four), anonymous,19th century. Rectangular section boxwood, with tapering cylindrical mouthpiece. Tapering end with square finial on plunger. Calibrated plunger.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.