Quick find a musicologist!

In June 2012, the annual Arkansas Archeological Survey and Society 
Training Program focused on Block 6 in Historic Washington State 
Park, under the expert supervision of Jamie Brandon, The Basic 
Excavation class, being taught by HSU Survey Station Archeologist 
Mary Beth Trubitt, found part of an ivory disk with Gothic-style 
lettering, "...ulcet." I recognized it immediately as an insert to 
label an organ stop or some such, in this case "Dulcet."  We happened 
to have a real live musicologist volunteering at the Dig (we get all 
kinds, or is it that we hardly every turn anybody down?).  She did a 
bit of research on-line back at the motel and found an amazing amount 
of arcana that proved very useful.  It turns out, for example, that 
the stop insert probably belonged to an organ of the size that might 
be found in a house or small church, that sometime in the 1880s (I 
think she said) many organ makers changed over to the new miracle 
product celluloid for inserts, and that she wasn't certain about 
possible salvage for re-use of this small piece of ivory by a 
jeweller (one of the owners of the lot was a jeweller).  By the way, 
she also has a good future as an amateur archeologist.

What the heck, email me a photo off-list and I'll pass it on to her.

At 01:12 PM 10/1/2012, you wrote:
>I am seeking help to identify an artifact found during a recent cultural
>resources survey on a historical archaeological site in southeastern
>Arizona. The site appears to be a residential area related to ranching, in
>which other historical artifacts suggest a 1900-1920s date.
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>The artifact in question is a nonferrous metal object that looks somewhat
>like a bassoon or clarinet finger-key, but it is L-shaped. Its finger-key
>segment measures about 3 7/8 inch long and the other segment that fits
>into the instrument or other anchoring object is 4 inches long. I can send
>a photo of it on request.
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>Any help will be appreciated,
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>Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director
>Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
>PO Box 40577
>Tucson AZ  85717-0577   USA
>     520-798-1201 office, 520-798-1966 fax
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>     URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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>Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen Dart
>is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cultural resources
>specialist who volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Views expressed in Old
>Pueblo Archaeology Center communications do not necessarily represent
>views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or of the United States.
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Mr. Leslie C. "Skip" Stewart-Abernathy, Ph.D.
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Petit Jean Mountain
1 Rockefeller Drive
Morrilton, AR 72110
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