Bagpipe (musette)
date: label: date made
content: 1775-1799
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, around 1775-1799. It is a musette style bagpipe, bellows blown, with a sewn leather bag with a faded red cover. The pipes and stocks are made of ivory. The main chanter is cylindrical, with a thumbhole, 7 fingerholes (the lowest double), and 6 silver keys. The auxiliary chanter is flat and pear-shaped with a blind bore, and 6 silver keys. The auxiliary chanter stock is closed at top and joined to the main chanter stock. Air passes from one to the other through a lateral hole in the stocks. 5 drones are housed in a short thick shuttle drilled with 14 narrow interconnecting passages. The 6 ivory sliders (2 for the bass drone) on the sides of the shuttle permit selection of drones and tuning.
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: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1413
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)