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Practice chanter

Description

Practice chanter of ebony with an ivory sole and ferrule, the chanter top and mouthpiece have been turned in one piece, by David Glen, Edinburgh, c 1870

Museum reference

K.2003.812

Collection

Culture

Object name

Practice chanter

Production information

Glen, David, 1852 - 1916, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1870

Materials

Ebony, Ivory

Physical description

Ebony and ivory

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 38.

Baines, Anthony. "Bagpipes". Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.

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