pitch pipe
a small flute or reed pipe producing one or more pitches when blown into, used chiefly for establishing the proper pitch in singing or in tuning a musical instrument.
Origin of pitch pipe
1- Also called tuning pipe.
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How to use pitch pipe in a sentence
Both it and the pitch-pipe used by him as leader of the choir are now resting silent in Memorial Hall.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreHe fumbled for his pitch-pipe, and arose with a confused intention of attempting a musical exorcism.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperWe cannot believe that even Caius Gracchus could, when he was warmed by passion, have listened to Licinius's pitch-pipe.
Practical Education, Volume II | Maria EdgeworthThen begins the hollow and flute-like modulation of a pitch-pipe within the great building.
Field and Hedgerow | Richard JefferiesHe was also the first to use the pitch-pipe in order to ensure some degree of certainty in "striking up the tune" in church.
Annals of Music in America | Henry Charles Lahee
British Dictionary definitions for pitch pipe
a small pipe, esp one having a reed like a harmonica, that sounds a note or notes of standard frequency. It is used for establishing the correct starting note for unaccompanied singing
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