Lowland Bagpipe
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in Scotland, in the 19th century. It is a lowland bagpipe, bellows blown, with a sewn leather bag with brown cover. The pipes and stocks of made of ebony with ivory ferrules. There is a German silver ferrule on chanter stock. The cylindrical bore chanter has double reed, seven fingerholes and thumbhole, and three drones (without 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
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.65.0651
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0651
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bagpipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, jacquard weave (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: chanter: 17.6 cm; 6 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: drone (1) (to stock): 29.7 cm; 11 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: drone (2) (to stock): 18.9 cm; 7 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: drone (3) (to stock): 15 cm; 5 29/32 in
label: Measurements
content: blowpipe: 26 cm; 10 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: bagpipe (bottom to drone stock): 38.1 cm; 15 in