| 释义 |
ˈpitch-pipe
[f. pitch n.2 23 + pipe n.1]
A small musical pipe, blown by the mouth (either a flue-pipe or a reed-pipe, and either sounding a fixed note or adjustable to different notes), used to set the pitch for singing or tuning an instrument.
1711Steele Spect. No. 228 ⁋6 Caius Gracchus..had an ingenious Servant, by Name Licinius, always attending him with a Pitch-pipe, or Instrument to regulate the Voice. 1771G. White Selborne Aug., A common half-crown pitch-pipe, such as masters use for tuning of harpsichords. 1880W. H. Stone in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 759 All pitchpipes are..inferior in accuracy to tuning-forks; the only advantage..being their louder..tone, and the readiness with which beats are produced. 1961Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 8 May 1149/2 Some cylinders are prefaced with the sound of the pitch-pipe and statement of the key. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 172 The mahogany pitch pipes..were formerly used in churches which had no organ, to give the keynote before singing commenced. 1979Yale Alumni Mag. Apr. 28/2 Armed only with pitch-pipes and pocket dictionaries, we were able to elicit a direct and natural response from all manner of Soviet citizens. |