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Set of Uillean pipes.
Technical description: With chanter, three drones and three regulators set in a common stock, ebony, mounted with brass and ivory. 17½-inch chanter, four brass keys; the top key saddle on the chanter is broken off on one side. Simple chanter stock tied into a long necked bag. Bass drone in three sections looped and joined with two brass U-bends. Drone stop tipped with polished horn handle. Tenor regulator, five brass keys with fiddle-shaped touchpieces; baritone regulator, four brass keys; bass regulator, four brass keys. Sheepskin bag with cover of green velvet. Bellows leather covered with green velvet. Keyhead type: Square flat.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Corcoran, Matthew - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Dublin/Republic of Ireland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112+422.122-71+422.22-62 Single oboes with conical bore combined with a set of oboes with conical bore with keys and a set of reedpipes with single reeds with flexible air reservoir
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112+422.122-71+422.22-62 Single oboes with conical bore combined with a set of oboes with conical bore with keys and a set of reedpipes with single reeds with flexible air reservoir
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:Chanter 442; baritone drone 628; tenor dronec 240; bass drone 1504; tenor regulator: 342; baritone regulator: 468; bass regulator: 915 including brass separator pipe and cap; wooden case: 795.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17931