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Objekt 13

Pitch pipe with case

Object description

Maker unknown

Origin unknown, 2nd quarter of 20th c.

The pitch pipe was used by the father of the donator, Mr.Alfred Staheli, who was a choir director.

Brass, nickel-plated

Chromatic scale from C to B (stamped insignia)

Pitch pipe with free-reed; to be played by blowing through a hole at tl;)e top , wlth an opening at the side for the emergence of air; a variety of notes obtainable by rotation; original case

L. 54 mm (pipe), 58 mm (case)

Donation Martha Staheli, Basel

lnv. 1999.158.1.-2.

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