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Walking-stick bagpipe practice chanter
Technical description: Tapering from 27.8 diameter to 15. Tropical hardwoods, ebony for walking stick and rosewood for chanter and mouthpiece. Made in seven sections; top section has round ivory knob and covers the second section; which is the mouthpiece. Third section is brass lined and covers the reed. Fourth section is the chanter itself. Fifth section is brass lined and covers the finger-holes and slides off; sixth section is a stopped drone with double reed. Seventh section slides down to reveal the escape hole for the drone, brass lined with brass tip at the end. Modern plastic reeds.Measurements: Section1, length 78.6; section2, length 87.8; section3, length 129; section4, length 288; section5, length 357; section6, length 264; section7, length 227; in: Stamped above first finger-hole "ALEXR GLEN EDINR / EDINR"; stamped between sixth and seventh finger-holes "ALEXR GLEN / EDINR".
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Mid 19th Century - Maker:
Glen, Alexander||Glen, Alexander - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh/Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211||422.111.2+422.211.1-5
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211||422.111.2+422.211.1-5
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15544