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Walking stick practice chanter.
Technical description: Tapering from 25 diameter to 16. Tropical hardwood, mounted with small flush fitting ivory sole on the chanter. Made in four sections; the top section with round knob head covers the finger-holes and slides off, brass-lined; the top section is placed on the bottom end for playing to give a stopped drone. Mouthpiece with blowhole through side of section and lining of the centre, brass-lined throughout its length; drone section with single cane reed.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Henderson, Peter [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Glasgow/Glasgow City/Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112+422.211.1-62 Conical double-reed chanter + cylindrical single-reed drone; flexible air reservoir
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112+422.211.1-62 Conical double-reed chanter + cylindrical single-reed drone; flexible air reservoir
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:662; chanter length 234; mouthpiece section length 228; drone section, length 222.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16562