http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/889175/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBagpipe (Northumbrian pipes)mid-19th centuryJames ReidIvory, cocuswood, silver, oak, leather, clothChanter and four drones. Leather bag covered with dark blue velvet. Three stocks, silver tips. Drones of ivory richly embellished with silver tips and long joint tubes of silver; inverted conoidal bores with very small taper and stopped at the ends; single reeds. Chanter of ebony, cylindrical bore, stopped at the lower end; seven fingerholes in the front, a thumbhole in the rear; seven silver keys mounted on knobs. Cocuswood chanter pipes with silver keys, ivory drone pipes with silver mounts; bag covered with cotton velveteen with pleated silk trim. Musical instrumentshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/50473/rdf