Photo of DCM 0731: Anonymous Pitch Pipe - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Pitch Pipe
Medium: Mahogany. The slide scale, painted red, has an inlaid leather strip stamped from C down to [C?].; 40. 45 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Missing portion of lead strip, at least 4.3 centimeters of it is missing. All glued joints slightly open. Small crack in bottom plate.
Provenance: C. Van Raalte Collection, Brownsea Castle Sale, 21 June 1927, Bournemouth, England, obtained by Harold Reeves, London, on behalf of DCM, received 6 Aug. 1927. Formerly in the collection of Mr. T. W. Taphouse, Oxford.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.