Bagpipe regulator

Description

Baritone regulator for a set of Uilleann pipes made of ebony with a bone ferrule, a bone mount below the tenon fitting over a brass band and a tuning rush set in the bore of the chanter, late 18th century

Museum reference

K.2003.727

Collection

Culture

Object name

Bagpipe regulator

Date

Late 18th century

Materials

Ebony, Bone, Brass

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 15.

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