Robert Reed Uillean Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 1932 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bagpipe was made by Robert Reid in Northshields, Northumberland, England, between 1932-1947. It is an Uillean bagpipe, bellows blown, bag is not present. It has stained maple pipes and stocks with ivory tips and brass ferrules and keys, and a double chanter (probably a replacement) with seven double fingerholes and a double thumbhole. The pipes have conical bores, with double reeds and rush tuners. There are two regulators, one with three, the other with four closed keys, both with double reeds and rush tuners. There are three drones with cane reeds, and a bass drone folded twice. The chanter is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>M. DUNN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and an inscription):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>R. REID<br>[masonic square and compass]</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.65.0647
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0647
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rush (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 37 cm; 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: twisted brass chanter stock: 12.7 cm; 5 in
label: Measurements
content: regulator (1): 40.5 cm; 15 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: regulator (2): 30.3 cm; 11 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: treble drone: 30.3 cm; 11 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drone, to stock: 42.5 cm; 16 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bass drone, tube length: 99.9 cm; 39 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bellows: 26 cm x 14 cm; 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: main stock: 18.6 cm; 7 5/16 in