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1938.34.665.3

Wooden drone for bagpipe.

1938.34.665.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden drone for bagpipe.
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
By 1913
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Turned
Dimensions
Length: max 390 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.665.3 Other numbers: 665
Research and responses

The chanter was examined by researcher Francis Wood on 17th August 2017. It is in fact a regulator for a drone on a set of Uillean pipes rather than Northumbrian pipes. The reeds are a mixture of Uillean and Northumbrian pipe reeds. [JU 17/8/2017]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bagpipes

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