Pitch and phantom tones are independent because pitch needs no tone at its frequency

Evidence

We have made the case that pitch is not intrinsic to sound and is a human sensation, so is it not phantom? Pitch and phantom tones are independent phenomena, because pitch can exist without the perception of any tone at the frequency of the pitch. For example, a good chime has a well-defined pitch, yet no partial at that pitch is heard and no sensation of a tone is present at that frequency. A phantom tone, when it is present, sounds as real as an instrument playing that note, if faintly. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2277

Categorization

• DEFINE: Cleanly separates two easily conflated concepts: pitch (a sensation, can exist without any corresponding tone) vs. phantom tone (an actual heard tone absent from the input).
• XREF: Connects to the earlier pitch chapters argument that pitch is a constructed human sensation, not intrinsic to sound.
• CANDY: A chime having a clear pitch with no actual tone at that frequency is a delightful, counterintuitive fact.