COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0037160
Licence:
ID Number:
6024
Title:
Northumbrian pipes
Title Notes:
7|keys, 4|drones.
Creator:
Reid, Robert
Creator:
Reid, Robert
Creator Role:
Maker
Date:
1824
Description:
Set of presentation Northumbrian pipes to Robert Millar, 1824., Technical description: Set of bellows-blown Northumbrian pipes in ebony with silver and ivory mountings.Chanter: closed chanter of ebony with seven, square, flat keys on wood block mounts. Cylindrical bore. Keys have leaf springs. Chanter stock is ebony with engraved silver mount.Common stock: Ebony mounting block holds the drones into the silver ferrule.Drones: Four drones each of two sections with ivory and silver mounts. Drone 1: ivory stopper and silver tuning bead on top section; drone|2: ivory tuning bead at top section and wood stopper; drone|3 and drone|4 silver tuning bead at top section. Ivory drone top caps.Bellows: bellows with burled wood, bone ring around air intake, metal hook and mounts for straps and metal hinge plates. Leather arm strap and leather hinge ties. Two silver escutcheons above the hook, the first is inscribed with the initials R.M. and the second has decorative leaf pattern with the inscription "DINNA FORGET". Connector pipe: ebony pipe with bone ferrule.Measurements: chanter length c|285 (end missing), bore 4.1; drone|1 length c|317; drone|2 length c|260; drone|3 length c|200; drone|4 length c|165., , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Work Type:
Musical Instrument
Work Type:
Wind
Work Type:
Bagpipes
Work Type:
Bagpipe
Production Place:
North Shields
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
England
Production Place:
United Kingdom
Repository:
MIMEd
Style or Period:
1820s,19th century
Rights Statement:
On loan from Daphne Millar. [Terminology needs to be agreed upon, 2012].
Repro Link ID:
0037160c-0001
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
Northumbrian pipes (Robert Reid) : DETAIL
Repro Creator Name:
Antonia Reeve
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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