Bagpipe regulator

Description

Tenor and baritone regulator of ebony with silver and ivory mounts, set in a common stock with bass and tenor drones, for a set of Uilleann pipe made by Malcolm MacGregor, London, early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2003.722

Collection

Culture

Object name

Bagpipe regulator

Production information

MacGregor, Malcolm, 1810 - 1820 (fl.), Manufacturer
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

Early 19th century

Materials

Ebony, Silver, Ivory

Physical description

Ebony, silver, ivory and rosewood

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Festival of Flanders

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, pp. 13-14.

Festival of Flanders Exhibition Catalogue, No. 67. 1968.

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