Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1899
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker possibly in Ireland, around 1875-1899. It is a mouth blown bagpipe, with a sewn leather bag with three green covers, two of fabric, one of felt. The stained maple pipes and stocks have ivory and German silver ferrules, and a bone mouth-pipe. There is a separate stock for each pipe. The conical chanter has seven fingerholes, a thumbhole and two vent holes. There are three drones, one with an extant cane reed.
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.65.0653
label: catalog number
content: 65.0653
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
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: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (fringe, bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (under-bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (bag material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 37.5 cm; 14 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: bass drone: 69.8 cm; 27 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drones: 34.5 cm; 13 19/32 in
label: Measurements
content: blow pipe: 23.6 cm; 9 9/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bag: 69.9 cm; 27 17/32 in