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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
18 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 61. See the scan on archive.org.
1light red wood and tipped with horn, contains seven finger-holes and a thumb-hole at the back. The three drones, of the same wood, are tipped with ivory, beautifully engraved, and are mounted in one stock. The Lowland bagpipe is tuned like the modern Highland pipe, the drones, two tenor and one bass, being tuned to a and A, in accord with the lowest finger-hole on the chanter when uncovered.
3Lent by Messrs. J. and R. Glen.
5132.
7Calabrian Bagpipe. The bag is of goatskin, with very long hair, and is inflated by the mouth. The chanters and the drones are all fixed in one stock. The chanter for the left hand contains three finger-holes and a thumb-hole; that for the right hand is somewhat larger, and has three finger-holes, and a key for the low note, enclosed within a box as in the old bass Pommer. The two drones are somewhat shorter, and are evidently tuned in octaves. The workmanship is curious, and is apparently of the early part of the 18th century.
9Lent by Messrs. J. and R. Glen.
11133.
13Union Pipes, or Irish Bagpipe. The chanter is of ebony, containing seven finger-holes and a thumb-hole; there are eight brass keys. The drones are mounted all in one stock. The bag is covered with green velvet, and is inflated by means of bellows. The instrument is stamped "Kernia, Dublin." The chanter has a chromatic scale of two octaves as follows:
15The drones are tuned to A of different octaves; and the regulators, i.e. the parts other than the chanter having keys, give the following:
17Longest. Medium. Shortest.
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