Highland Bagpipes
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bagpipe was made by Henry Starck for William Ross in London, England, in the 19th century. It is a Highland bagpipe, mouth blown, with stocks and drone pipes of ebony with German silver ferrules. The chanter is made of rosewood with an ivory ferrule. The bass drone, two tenor drones and chanter are in separate stocks. The conical chanter with double reed, has seven fingerholes, a thumbhole and two vents. There are cane reeds on drones. All pipes except the chanter are decoratively grooved. The sewn leather bag is currently covered with a red plaid cover not original to the object (Cat. #65.1323). The original green bag is separate. New red, black, and yellow cords (MI.65.1323) have also been added for display use. The chanter is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>W ROSS</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
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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 Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381911
label: accession number
content: 160028
label: catalog number
content: 381911
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (bag cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (stocks, drone material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (chanter material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (ferrule on chanter material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (ferrules on drone pipes and stocks material)
label: Physical Description
content: cane (reeds on drones material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 36 cm; 14 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: drone (1 & 2): 35.8 cm; 14 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: drone (3): 70 cm; 27 9/16 in