Bagpipes (Musette de Cour)
Date1730-1740
MediumIvory, leather and silk woven with supplementary wefts, trimmed with tabby silk metallic tape; brass brackets; silver buckle.
DimensionsBag: OL 19" OW 11". Chanter: 13" long. Bellows: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" wide. Drones: 6" L X 1 3/4" dia.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1953-1056
DescriptionBagpipes (musette de cour). Musical instrument composed of bellows, bag, chanter and drones. Trapezoidal bellows, edged with metallic tape, have brass brackets and a belt with silver buckle; leather covered ribs and gussets. The bellows are attached to tear-shaped leather bag covered with silk floral and lace striped textile, trimmed with 1 3/4" green silk textile, gathered and hemmed. Turned ivory chanter with 7 finger holes and two double holes, without reed. Cylindrical ivory drones (shuttle drones) project from an ivory orifice in the center of the bag. The drones have five windways venting through side slots, regulated by sliders in dovetail grooves.Mark(s)noneProvenanceNot Known
Mid 18th c.
1830-1870
1800-1900
1860-1910
1760-1790
1820-1880
1840-1880
1782
1840-1880