Photo of DCM 0732: Anonymous Pitch Pipe - Public domain dedication

Likely constructed by a proficient furniture turner.
Instrument type: Pitch Pipe
Medium: Maple, stained brown.; 39.3 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Labium edge damaged. Two cracks at bottom of tube, repaired with twisted wire ferrule.
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.

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.