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.