Set of mouth-blown reelpipes, Nominal pitch: B♭.

Alexander Glen

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Alternative Title

Mouth-blown reel-pipes.

Instrument

Bagpipe/Bagpipes/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Bagpipe

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Alexander Glen

Place Made

Edinburgh ; Europe ; Scotland ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Mid 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Set of mouth-blown reel-pipes in ebony and ivory, with original stamped chanter, and possibly original horn mouthpiece. Chanter: Seven finger-holes and one thumb-hole. Lapped tenon with bulb. Ivory sole and ferrule on stock. Small chip out of the wood on the bulb. Hairline cracks in sole and end of chanter. Blowpipe/mouthpiece: Ebony blowpipe with ivory mounts. Light-coloured horn mouthpiece with long tapered end. Mouthpiece is worn from teeth marks around the tip. Drone set-up: three individual ebony drone stocks with ivory mounts. Drones: Bass drone with three sections and tenors with two sections. Ivory mounts. Bag cover/cord: Scott tartan wool bag cover with red fringe. Matching wool cord with two tassels. Additional Comments: Style similarl to (6120). Measurements: chanter length 360, conical bore beginning at 4.5 and ending at 20; bass drone length c 607, bore at top 11.4; tenor drones length c 290, bore at top 9.6. Repair History: The bag and cover are modern replacements.

Notes

basic IM information only ; Sarah Deters Richardson, 15.4.13.

Provenance

before 2011 owned by a collector in New Zealand. ; Purchased with assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2012.

Collection

MIMEd ; Andreas Hartmann-Virnich Collection

Accession Number

6119