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Pitch Pipe
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Pitch Pipe

Date19th century
MediumWood, leather, brass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x height x width): 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3 1/4in. (14 x 2.9 x 8.3cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionDark brown wood and leather box with a drawer like insert. The insert can be pulled out part of the way by a small brass knob on the end. The insert resembles a bottomless drawer with the letters A, B, C, D, and E in even intervals along the sides. There is a paper label on the end opposite the drawer that is marked with the numbers "134." Near the top of the box is a small rectangular slit.
Object number1981.42.1
Subject Terms
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    Raggedy Ann Board Game and Original Box
    Milton Bradley Co.
    copyright 1954-1956
    Gift of Gennaro J. Capobianco, 2005.180.59  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Sperlari
    after 1950
    Woman's Drawers
    Taylor Bramley Co.
    about 1890-1920
    Electrical Junction Box Cover and Original Box
    Arrow-Hart & Hegeman Electric Co.
    1950s
    Compotes and Original Box
    Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
    1970s
    Gift of Helen Elizabeth Royce by exchange, 1984.102.0 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.   © 2005 Th…
    Ebenezer Hubbell
    1760-1780
    Woman's Drawers
    Julia P. Rogers
    about 1858
    In memory of Elizabeth Noble Anderson, 1971.35.3  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2010 The Co…
    Eliphalet Chapin
    probably made in 1783
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1097. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Norman Merrill family
    1800-1815