Uilleann Pipe
Technical Description
Conical single chanter of dark wood 381 mm, with turned ivory mount at tenon end and small brass ring near bass, 7/1 holes, 7 brass keys with leather pads, cane double reed mounted on brass staple and lapped, brass tuning bridle; no bass drones or regulators;
2-fold black leather bellows, leather outlet hose with brass ring for fitting into bag stock, ivory intake valve;
Sheepskin bag;
2 cylindrical stocks of dark wood with brass mounts, the chanter stock plain and the bellows stock grooved;
Intermediate joint of bellows stock with grooved nipple at one end leather flapper valve at other.
Height of chanter: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Conical single chanter of dark wood 381 mm, with turned ivory mount at tenon end and small brass ring near bass, 7/1 holes, 7 brass keys with leather pads, cane double reed mounted on brass staple and lapped, brass tuning bridle; no bass drones or regulators;
2-fold black leather bellows, leather outlet hose with brass ring for fitting into bag stock, ivory intake valve;
Sheepskin bag;
2 cylindrical stocks of dark wood with brass mounts, the chanter stock plain and the bellows stock grooved;
Intermediate joint of bellows stock with grooved nipple at one end leather flapper valve at other.
Height of chanter: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Artwork Details
- Title: Uilleann Pipe
- Period: 19th century
- Geography: Ireland
- Culture: Irish
- Medium: Sheepskin, ivory, brass, wood, leather
- Dimensions: Height (of chanter): 15 in. (38.1 cm)
- Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-bagpipe
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.858
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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