Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, METAL

No. Pieces

1

Length

85.2

Width

6.0

Description

PITCH PIPE- ORGAN TYPE. SQUARED WOOD TUBE WITH VOICE SLOT AND DAMPER CONNECTED TO METAL ROD. ONE END IS OPEN TO ALLOW FORCED AIR ENTRY. INSTRUMENT IS USED TO DEMONSTRATE OPERATION OF WIND TYPE INSTUMENTS. "GEO. M. HENDRY CO. LTD. TORONTO ONT."

Subjects

MUSICAL T&E

Historical Association

EDUCATION

History

PRESENT BARONS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL WAS BUILT 1930-1931. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED PRIMARILY BETWEEN 1930-1950. SINCE 1966-67 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BUSSED TO LETHBRIDGE. THE COMMUNITY OF BARONS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE C.P.R. IN 1909. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THIS PITCH PIPE THAT WAS DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM IN 1988, ALONG WITH A COLLECTION OF OTHER EQUIPMENT FROM THE BARONS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL. SHE FOUND AN ARTICLE FROM THE DECEMBER 1, 1990 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD THAT INCLUDED A PHOTO OF THE SCHOOL'S GRADE 3/4 MUSIC TEACHER, ANITA RYDER, WHO AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY WORKED AS A FINANCIAL OFFICER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. EDMUNDSON EMAILED RYDER TO ASK IF SHE REMEMBERED THE PITCH PIPE. RYDER RESPONDED, "I DID TEACH MUSIC AT THE SCHOOL, BUT DON'T REMEMBER EVER HAVING SEEN THE PITCH PIPE", WHICH IS LIKELY DUE TO ITS DONATION TO THE GALT PRE-DATING RYDER'S WORK AT THE SCHOOL. THE 1990 ARTICLE DOES MENTION THAT THE SCHOOL WAS "CONTINUALLY REFURBISHED", WITH OLD EQUIPMENT REGULARLY BEING REPLACED. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1990, 2000, AND 2006, THE BARONS SCHOOL WEBSITE, AND ONLINE RECORDS OF THE CANADIAN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION NETWORK. THE BARONS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1915 WHEN THE DISTRICTS OF GOLDENDALE, LUNDY, LAUREL BANK, BARONS, MOULIN, WHEATLAND, AND STRATHGARRY WERE AMALGAMATED. THE ORIGINAL BARONS SCHOOL BUILDING WAS REPLACED IN 1931 AND HOUSED CLASSES FOR GRADES 1 TO 12. IN 1966 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGAN BUSSING TO LETHBRIDGE, LEAVING ONLY GRADES 1 TO 8 OPERATING AT BARONS CONSOLIDATED. IN 2000, THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED DUE TO A DWINDLING NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED. AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY, THE BUILDING IS OPERATING AS ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVING PRESCHOOL TO GRADE SIX CHILDREN FROM THE SURROUNDING MENNONITE COMMUNITIES, MANAGED BY THE PALLISER REGIONAL SCHOOL DIVISION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIALS.

Catalogue Number

P19880036008

Acquisition Date

1988-06

Collection

Museum

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