Pitch Pipe

Made:
1840
Pitch Pipe

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Pitch Pipe, Wheatstone Type, in rosewood and mahogany, free reed sound cracked and with piece missing, pipe (detachable) cracked at mouth end, from the Wheatstone Laboratory Collection and Concertina Museum Collection (Paper Label C505)

Details

Category:
Acoustics
Object Number:
1990-599
type:
pitch pipe
credit:
Sotheby and Compan

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