John Center Highland Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 1867 - 1905
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by John Center in Edinburgh, Scotland, around 1867-1905. It is a Highland bagpipe, mouth blown, with a sewn leather bag with two green plaid covers. It has rosewood stocks and pipes with ivory ferrules, and a chanter with seven fingerholes and one thumbhole. The pipes have conical bores, and drones have cane reeds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
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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.65.0646
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0646
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 35 cm; 13 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drones (2): 32.5 cm; 12 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bass drone: 62.8 cm; 24 23/32 in