Highland bagpipe

Description

Set of Highland bagpipes with three drones and a chanter of laburnum and cherry wood with bone and horn mounts, probably made for a child, possibly Perth, c. 1830

Museum reference

H.LT 36

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1830

Materials

Laburnum, Cherry wood, Bone, Horn

Associations

Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Baines, Anthony, Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.