pitch-pipe

His spirit had been sorely vexed by hearing, in a certain Aberdonian kirk, the psalmody directed by a pitch-pipe, or some similar instrument, which was to Old Mortality the abomination of abominations.

Old Mortality 2004

I set Sauerabend's new timer and my own, and drew forth my pitch-pipe.

Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969

Upon its conclusion he gave out a hymn, the tune of which was announced by another person, who immediately on naming it pulled out a pitch-pipe from his pocket and making a slight sound, furnished the starting note.

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

Caius Gracchus, indeed, the orator, whose character was harsh and style of oratory impassioned, had a pitch-pipe made for him, such as musicians use to heighten or lower their voices by degrees, and this, when he was making a speech, a slave stood behind him and held, and used to give him

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

It was the time when the wooden pitch-pipe was in its full glory.

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

His uncle's house-keeper carried chairs to the grass-plot, and there the old man and the young one sat down together in the summer air, and Reuben, drawing a little pitch-pipe from his pocket, sounded its note, adjusted the violin, and played.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

As for me, whose feelings had previously been set to the pitch-pipe of misfortune, I became a real and genuine mourner; and the recollection of all the actions of my life, in which my total neglect of my parents made so conspicuous a figure, caused me to look upon myself in no enviable light.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

Therefore in music the note _shang_ is the symbol of the West and _I-tsē_ is the pitch-pipe of the seventh month.

More Translations from the Chinese Arthur Waley 1927

An old pitch-pipe used for starting the tunes was recently discovered by Mr J.

The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923

That visitor was none other than Sergeant Ephraim Prescott, son of Isaiah of the pitch-pipe, and own cousin of Cynthia Ware's.

Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909