set of 18 tuneable flue organ pipes
Date: 1880-1930
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0136
Classification: Organ Pipe
Dimensions:largest pipe, fully closed: 87.8 × 8 × 7 cm (34 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
smallest pipe, fully closed: 19.5 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm (7 11/16 × 9/16 × 1/2 in.)
blue board box 1: 10.8 × 90.5 × 32.4 cm (4 1/4 × 35 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
blue board box 2: 7.5 × 90.5 × 32.4 cm (2 15/16 × 35 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
Description:
Set of 18 flue pipes of varying sizes, each with an adjustable sleeve at the top which allows the pitch to be changed by hand by at least a semitone. Each has a note name or two inscribed by hand on the side, and several lines scored around the circumference to show where to position the sleeve. Smallest pipe is marked G#; largest is marked A#.
No historical physics department location markings. Stored in a large wooden box of uncertain provenance.