Pegleg

A pegleg is a prosthesis, or artificial limb, fitted to the remaining stump of a human leg. Its use dates to antiquity.

By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate lifelike artificial legs. Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs, according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day.

Nowadays, wooden peg legs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form.

Notable peg leg wearers

Historical

  • François Leclerc (~1554), privateer
  • Cornelis Jol, (1597–1641), privateer and admiral of the Dutch West India Company
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1612–1672), Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam
  • Blas de Lezo (1687–1741), Spanish admiral
  • Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American politician
  • Peg Leg (album)

    Peg Leg is an album by jazz bassist Ron Carter, originally released on LP in 1978, digitally remastered and released on CD in 1991 by Fantasy Studios.

    It was recorded in November 1977 and prominently features Carter on piccolo bass. Often carrying the melody the instrument is a focus of 3 of the albums 6 tracks, while fellow bass player Buster Williams performs the traditional role of the instrument on those tracks. The rhythm section is completed by piano and percussion (on all but 1 track), and guitar on 4 tracks. The standard jazz-ensemble is further augmented, on all 6 tracks, by woodwinds (see below).

    Carter uses a piccolo bass tuned a fourth higher than a normal double bass (low to high: A-D-G-C).

    Track listing

  • "Peg Leg" - 8:08
  • "Sheila's Song (Hasta Luego, Mi Amiga)" - 6:14
  • "Chapter XI" - 5:41
  • "Epistrophy" (Monk) - 7:33
  • "My Ship" (Weill, I. Gershwin) - 5:10
  • "Patchouli" - 7:06
  • All compositions by Ron Carter except as indicated; album produced by Ron Carter
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, November 16, 18, 21, 22 1977.
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