Bass drone top joint, bone mounted, split and bound, lae 18th or early 19th century

Bass drone top joint, bone mounted, with the combing worn almost smooth, late 18th or early 19th century

Bass drone midpiece of African blackwood, turned with combing, rough mounted with stainless steel ferrule, rejected because of split, from Gillanders and Macleod, Forfar, 1977

Bass drone top joint of African blackwood, roughed down but otherwise unfinished, rejected because of cavity in the sapwood, from Gillanders and Macleod, Forfar, 1977

Bass drone reed of can sealed with black wax, for Highland bagpipes, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Bass drone reed of can sealed with black wax, for Highland bagpipes, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Bass drone reed of cane, unused, sealed with red wax, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Bass drone reed of cane, unused but broken, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal intact, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal intact, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal missing, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal intact, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal intact, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

One of six bass drone reeds of Spanish cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal missing, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin

Bass and baritone drones from a set of Scottish small-pipes made of fruitwood and mounted with ivory, Scottish, late 18th or early 19th century