Bagpipe chanter for the Uillean pipes.

Maker

Place Made

Date Made

Early 19th Century

Description

Technical description: 14½-inch chanter; four closed-standing silver keys. Ebony with ivory mounts on the tenon and foot, and a silver ferrule on the foot. The top finger-hole is drilled obliquely to accommodate the stretch of the fingers. Keyhead type: Square flat.

Notes

Hugh Cheape, 1982.

Measurements

373

Provenance

Formerly stock of Messrs J. & R. Glen or from the collection of the firm's proprietors.; Lent by the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland K.2003.721.

Collection

Ross Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

1486