bagpipe

Cornemuse, bagpipe. Leather bag with purple velvet outer bag. Boxwood chanter and stocks with ivory ferrules. Blowpipe and drone missing. Chanter has seven tone holes, one thumbhole and two vent holes. String-lapped tenon. Stocks stamped: SOCHAY/A. LYON; Chanter has inscribed by hand: PUECH/AURICLAC

The cornemuse is a small bagpipe of French origin. For a time, the instrument was popular in French aristocratic circles, but it also has an important place in the peasant folk music of central France and the Auvergne. In this latter context the instrument is known as the cabrette and is often played in conjunction with the hurdy-gurdy.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.1105
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
bag + stocks: 650 x 290 x 40 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
velvet; boxwood; ivory; string; leather
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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