Musette Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, in the 19th century. It is a bellows blown bagpipe, with a sewn skin bag with a velvet cover with pearl buttons. It has snakewood pipes and ivory stocks and ferrules. The chanter and drone stocks are joined by a decorated silver band. The drone is closed at the top and communication to the chanter is through a hole in the stock. The chanter and drone join the bag through the mouth of a carved ivory head. The chanter has 7 fingerholes, 2 vents, and a conical bore. (no reeds present).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. W. Duncan McKim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.382655
label: accession number
content: 164201
label: catalog number
content: 382655
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: snakewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)