This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, around 1775-1799. It is a musette style bagpipe, bellows blown, with a sewn leather bag with a faded red cover. The pipes and stocks are made of ivory. The main chanter is cylindrical, with a thumbhole, 7 fingerholes (the lowest double), and 6 silver keys. The auxiliary chanter is flat and pear-shaped with a blind bore, and 6 silver keys. The auxiliary chanter stock is closed at top and joined to the main chanter stock. Air passes from one to the other through a lateral hole in the stocks. 5 drones are housed in a short thick shuttle drilled with 14 narrow interconnecting passages. The 6 ivory sliders (2 for the bass drone) on the sides of the shuttle permit selection of drones and tuning.
