Double chanter

Description

Double chanter for a set of small-pipes or a practice chanter, made of fruitwood and mounted with an ivory sole and having fingerholes and thumbholes set in pairs and the wall of the chanter has been made in two pieces set flush together and strengthened with three metal bands, Scottish, early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2003.807

Collection

Culture

Object name

Double chanter

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Early 19th century

Materials

Fruitwood, Ivory

Physical description

Fruitwood 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. 37.