Uillean Pipe

Unknown

18th century · Sheepskin, ivory, brass, wood, leather · Musical Instruments

Technical Description Conical single chanter of dark wood 381 mm, with turned ivory mount at tenon end and small brass ring near bass, 7/1 holes, 7 brass keys with leather pads, cane double reed mounted on brass staple and lapped, brass tuning bridle; no bass drones or regulators; 2-fold black leather bellows, leather outlet hose with brass ring for fitting into bag stock, ivory intake valve; Sheepskin bag; 2 cylindrical stocks of dark wood with brass mounts, the chanter stock plain and the bellows stock grooved; Intermediate joint of bellows stock with grooved nipple at one end leather flapper valve at other. Height of chanter: 15 in. (38.1 cm)

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Sheepskin, ivory, brass, wood, leather

Culture

Irish

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889