Uillean Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1825
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker possibly in Ireland, around 1800-1825. It is an Uillean bagpipe, bellows blown, with a sewn leather bag with green cover. The main stock and pipes are made of boxwood with brass and ivory fittings. The bellows pipe and chanter stock are made of ebony with German silver ferrules. There is no chanter. The main stock is covered with leather and has a stop lever for the drones. The treble, tenor and bass regulators and drones attach to the main stock. The bass drone is folded twice and has a ladder end of brass tubing venting through a half spherical ivory knob. The tenor regulator extends deeper into the stock so that its keys can be played with those of the treble regulator. The differential bass regulator is attached to the side of the main stock and extends in both directions, its keys lying along the side of the other regulators. The regulators have ivory stoppers and rush tuners. There are no reeds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.65.0655
label: catalog number
content: 65.0655
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
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content: baize (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (fringe material)
label: Measurements
content: bag (stock to bottom): 35.5 cm; 13 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: neck: 34.2 cm; 13 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: first treble regulator: 29.5 cm; 11 5/8 in
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content: end treble regulator: 25.8 cm; 10 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: differential bass regulator: 87.6 cm; 34 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: long drone: 129.7 cm; 51 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: bellow: 29.2 cm x 23.9 cm; 11 1/2 in x 9 13/32 in