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Collection Abbreviation
GB-Tunbridge Wells
Accession
Maker Abbreviation
Cotton
Lowest Note
a'
Size
alto
Year Made
c1763
Pitch
424
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Notes
MacMillan (1983) gives this instrument a nominal pitch as g' and the date as ca 1763; Haynes (2002) gives it as a'.
Previously at GB-London: Oldham.
Used by the Parish Clerk to give the pitch for unaccompanied singing in a church in Shipley, Kent, UK (MacMillan 2008: 128-29).
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