Chanter

Description

Bagpipe chanter for the Uilleann pipes made of ebony with an ivory mount on the tenon and two nickel ferrules on the foot, late 18th century

Museum reference

K.2003.715

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Date

Late 18th century

Materials

Ebony, Ivory, Nickel

Physical description

Ebony, ivory and nickel

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. 12.