Photo of DCM 1025: Anonymous Pitch Pipe - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Pitch Pipe
Medium: Mahogany, with bone slide.; 21.2 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: All seams loose. There are 4 notches at the corners of each end indicating some form of either metal ferrule or bracketed clamping device for either repairing or securing loose seams.
Provenance: Whitlock's Book Store, New Haven, Connecticut, 28 Oct. 1930.

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.