Pitchpipe
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
36 mm (Width) x 44 mm (Depth); 400 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335395.2
Summary
Pitchpipe (the second longest of four), anonymous,19th century. Mahogany, rectangular section with flatter rectangular, whistle-style mouthpiece. Plunger calibrated with letters of notes. In notebook no.4, page 7 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 61. Pitchpipe of light mahogany.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944