French Musette Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, around 1775-1799. It is a musette bagpipe, bellows blown, with a sewn leather bag with 2 covers of faded and discolored material. It has rosewood pipes and stocks with ivory ferrules. The main chanter is cylindrical with a double reed, thumhole, 7 fingerholes (the lowest double), and 6 brass keys. The auxiliary chanter is flat and pear-shaped with a blind bore, double reed, and 8 brass keys. The auxiliary chanter stock is closed at the top and joined to the main chanter stock. 4 drones are housed in a short thick shuttle drilled with 13 narrow interconnecting passages. 5 ivory sliders (2 for the bass drone) on the sides of the shuttle permit selection of drones and tuning.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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.65.0649
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0649
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (ribbons material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (strap material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bass drone and stock: 24.2 cm; 9 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: main chanter: 25.6 cm; 10 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: auxiliary chanter: 21.4 cm; 8 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: bellows: 21 cm x 5 cm; 8 9/32 in x 1 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bag: 50.8 cm; 20 in