https://new.sohl.com/tags/bagpipes/Recent content in Bagpipes on SOHL.COMHugoen-usFri, 27 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://new.sohl.com/2021/08/27/311/Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://new.sohl.com/2021/08/27/311/<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Contents of this page copyright 1999, 2021, by Norm Sohl</em></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://new.sohl.com/images/2021/08/img383.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-659" /></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em> Chanter, Stocks, Small chanter</em></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I had a chance to briefly study this instrument in 1999 when it was in the possession of a friend. I don&#8217;t know its current whereabouts. It is made of Ivory, well turned as you would expect from an instrument made for a wealthy client. and probably dates to the late 1600s. I was able to make several x-rays of the instrument with the help of a friendly local chiropractor, and these are included below. These x-rays showed several interesting things about this instrument is that visual inspection did not:</p>https://new.sohl.com/2005/06/15/a-french-grand-cornemuse-18th-c-private-collection/Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:00:00 +0000https://new.sohl.com/2005/06/15/a-french-grand-cornemuse-18th-c-private-collection/<p align="left">The instrument is incomplete, with some parts modern.&nbsp; The chanter is known to be original, and the top joint of the bass drone known to be&nbsp;a reproduction. These images are based on full-size xerox originals, which are (unfortunately) the best quality images I have at hand.&nbsp; The pewter inlay is particularly spectacular on this instrument.</p> <p align="left">The images have been scaled to fit on the page, but the files are actually at much higher resolution.&nbsp;&nbsp; They can be downloaded and viewed in any image editing program.&nbsp; These images are not displayed to scale on this page, but the source images should scale correctly.</p>