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Small-pipe

Ivory pipes; silver mounts and chains; bag with inner cover of woven cloth and outer cover of red velvet trimmed with fringes of silver thread. Single-fold bellows of light brown wood with red velvet over leather. Round stock holds cylindrical chanter with 7 finger holes, one thumb hole and 7 silver keys, stopped at its lower end with wax. Round drone stock holds 3 open ended drones. Chanter is now incomplete, lacking outer section of the pipe from holes 2 to 5, and its terminal.

  • Date:
    early 19th century
  • Maker:
    Anonymous
  • Collection:
    Royal College of Music Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Northumberland
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Visible length of chanter: 246mm.