odd musical(?) reed

007tallguy · May 29, 2013

i dug this little do-flicky this afternoon.
i've seen and dug numerous harmonica and other kinds of reeds but never one quite like this! :?:

did they make round harmonicas? if so, it would be quite the challenge to play! :lol:

it's brass, exactly 2 inches in diameter. ALL of the slots are 9/16ths of an inch and they all appear to be the same width and there's 9 of them. the little reed thingys were riveted on in the same manner as a harmonica reed. there's no visible writing on it that i can see and no other pieces found with it. :no:

anyone have any ideas as to what kind of instrument this might be from?
thanks in advance. :yes:

Pete

turtlefoot · May 29, 2013

It sort of reminds me of something out of a meat grinder. My mother used to make her own sausage with an ancient meat grinder when I was growing up.

Doug

turtlefoot · May 29, 2013

It might be out of a round pitch pipe too. I am curious to see how this ID pans out.

Doug

007tallguy · May 29, 2013

turtlefoot said:
It sort of reminds me of something out of a meat grinder. My mother used to make her own sausage with an ancient meat grinder when I was growing up.

Doug

that's what i thought it was at first, but when i looked at it closer, i could see the remnants of the reeds and the rivets still in place (2nd pic).

Pacivilwarluke · May 29, 2013

007tallguy said:
that's what i thought it was at first, but when i looked at it closer, i could see the remnants of the reeds and the rivets still in place (2nd pic).

Yeah, I see the parts, it does look musical..

turtlefoot · May 29, 2013

Here you go.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ED...epage&q=circular chromatic pitch pipe&f=false

Doug

Xaquin · May 29, 2013

turtlefoot said:
It might be out of a round pitch pipe too. I am curious to see how this ID pans out.

Doug

pretty sure you nailed it Doug

007tallguy · May 29, 2013

turtlefoot said:
Here you go.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ED...epage&q=circular chromatic pitch pipe&f=false

Doug

right on!! you da man! thanks Doug! :yes:

yeah, don't see very many round ones posted on here. :roll:

turtlefoot · May 29, 2013

007tallguy said:
right on!! you da man! thanks Doug!
yeah, don't see very many round ones posted on here.

That's the first one that I have ever seen. Congratulations on the unique find!

Doug

007tallguy · May 29, 2013

turtlefoot said:
That's the first one that I have ever seen. Congratulations on the unique find!

Doug

thank you very much!

it's a first for me too and probably the only one of these i'll find, haha.
but that's what this hobby is all about... finding cool stuff! :waytogo:

Pacivilwarluke · May 29, 2013

That's really cool! Great ID turtlefoot!

partyofone · May 29, 2013

I can't believe I was away from the computer and missed this one. I agree with Doug that its from a pitch pipe. The Kratt pitch pipe has been around for a long time. I have several here at my house. Here is a pic of one. In my days of singing Ina quartet, I never left home without it.

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007tallguy · May 29, 2013

partyofone said:
I can't believe I was away from the computer and missed this one. I agree with Doug that its from a pitch pipe. The Kratt pitch pipe has been around for a long time. I have several here at my house. Here is a pic of one. In my days of singing Ina quartet, I never left home without it. View attachment 219093 View attachment 219094 View attachment 219095

cool! thanks for the pics! :yes:

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