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Panpipes
19th century
Object Place: Possibly Spain
Medium/Technique
Cane
Dimensions
Length 17 cm, width 23 cm, thickness 1.8 cm (Length 6 11/16 in., width 9 1/16 in., thickness 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1842
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionReed. Nineteen pieces of reed closed at the bottom, placed side by side; held together by four narrow strips of reed tied with string. Compass: c''-f''''; diatonic scale.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)