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  1. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    This is about 8.5 inches tall, heavy for its size at 1 lb, 2 oz. It is threaded inside the opening on the underside which I've tried to show in the last photo.
    The tubes are hollow, and there is just a little slit to allow something to move between the bottom of the tube and the base.
    Tried a google image search and didn't come up with anything. Did a little searching with brass tube and brass column, but so many results to go through. Thanks for any help or ideas to narrow down a search.

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    drg642, Nov 26, 2021
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Part of some kind of organ?
     
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  3. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

    Some type of steam or exhaust whistle i'd guess.
     
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  4. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Just a guess, a thing for an organ like they have at Radio City.
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Definitely like whistles or organ pipes. The 4 notes together may have made a very pleasing sound, like a harmonica.
     
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  6. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

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  8. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

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  9. tom_412

    tom_412 Member

    maybe a whistle from a Stanley Steamer? a little small for a train
     
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  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

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  11. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    An "exhaust whistle" means that the whistle is powered by the steam that comes off the exhaust. You'd pull a chain and it would open or close a valve that diverted excess steam through the whistle on the way out of the engine.

    Choo-choo!!
     
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  12. LauraGarnet02

    LauraGarnet02 Well-Known Member

    Model A Ford exhaust whistle


    Aermore brass exhaust whistle


    OooOooga or Wooowoooo
     
    LauraGarnet02, Nov 27, 2021
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