Highland Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in Scotland, 19th century. It is a Highland bagpipe, mouth blown, with a sewn leather bag with a green plaid cover. It has maple stocks and drone pipes with ivory ferrules, and a chanter of ebony. The chanter, bass drone and two tenor drones are in separate stocks. The conical chanter has seven fingerholes, a thumbhole and two vents. All pipes, except chanter, are decoratively grooved. No reeds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.094891
label: accession number
content: 24343
label: catalog number
content: 94891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (chanter material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (stocks; drone pipes material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (ferrules material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (bag material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (cover, bag material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 37.5 cm; 14 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drone: 31.7 cm; 12 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: tenor drone: 37.3 cm; 14 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: brass drone: 54.5 cm; 21 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bag: 19 1/2 in; 49.53 cm