Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Picken.Dr.L.E.R
Event Date 14/1/1994
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Auction / Sale)
The Picken Collection was purchased from Dr Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken in 1977 by the University of Cambridge, with grants from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Evans fund and the Crowther-Beynon fund. As documented in the Picken Collection Borrowing Ledger, W/16/1, the collection was used extensively for external teaching activities within the University of Cambridge from March 1977 until May 1990. Two boxes with documentation concerning the Picken collection are located in the MAA archives.
Event Date 29/6/2017
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Reed used with the pipe 1977.274.1. Made from plant reed, which is flattened at one end and round at the other, with a metal wire band wrapped around the reed.
Event Date 26/09/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin