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Description: | A bagpipe chanter made by Henry Stark at Drummond Street around 1910. Although based in London, Henry Stark was an important figure in the development of the Irish bagpipes. In the early 20th century, there was a revival of interest in the 'Irish war-pipe', an outdoor bagpipe used in Ireland until the 18th century. In 1908, Stark patented the 'Brian Boru' bagpipe design, which he named after a 10th century Irish king. Although loosely based on the war-pipe, the new instrument had four key-covered holes added to increase the number of pitches available. This chanter has the same fingering as the Brian Boru bagpipes and was designed as a practise instrument to introduce performers to the new key arrangement. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum, London | Subjects: | work Leisure Identity and Icons | Temporal: | circa 1910 | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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