French Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, in the 18th century. It is a mouth blown bagpipe, with a sewn leather bag, and an inner cover of green and outer cover of grey material with flowered patterns in many colors. The boxwood stocks and pipes have decorative pewter inlay. The chanter and small drone are mounted in a double stock. The large drone is mounted in separate stock. The conical chanter has 7 fingerholes, a thumbhole and 2 vent holes. The lowest fingerhole is repeated for either hand. No reeds. The date is subject to study.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0652
label: catalog number
content: 65.0652
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, metallic (bag cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (bag cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (inner bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, brocade (bag cover material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 33.3 cm; 13 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drone: 26.3 cm; 10 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bass drone: 35.7 cm; 14 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: blow pipe: 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: bag: 48.3 cm; 19 1/32 in