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Pitch pipe

(American, 1798–1883)
about 1820–30
Object PlaceCanton, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 6 cm, width 1 cm, depth 0.8 cm (Length 2 3/8 in., width 3/8 in., depth 5/16 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund, by exchange
Accession number2002.182
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Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on inner sleeve: JAMES A. BAZIN / CANTON - MS
Provenance2002, sold by Harold Priest, Kennebunk, Maine, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2002)
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