Zampogna Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in Italy, in the 19th century. It is a zampogna bagpipe, mouth blown, with a sewn leather bag. The pipes and stocks are made of maple and painted with stripes of several colors. There are 2 chanters and 2 drones. The large chanter is conical and has 3 fingerholes, 1 key and 4 vent holes. The small chanter has 4 fingerholes, the last duplicated for either hand and 4 vents. There is one extant double reed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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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.65.0657
label: catalog number
content: 65.0657
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: stock: 23.5 cm; 9 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: drone a: 26 cm; 10 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: drone b: 54.7 cm; 21 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: short chanter: 78.9 cm; 31 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: long chanter: 129.4 cm; 50 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: reed: 7 7/16 in; 18.89125 cm
label: Measurements
content: blow-pipe (to stock): 15.9 cm; 6 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: bag (bottom to main stock): 26 cm; 10 1/4 in