Bellows

Description

Bagpipe bellows comprising two outer boards of beechwood with a stitched leather diaphragm, possibly from the small museum at Tarland, Aberdeenshire

Museum reference

H.LT 108

Collection

Culture

Object name

Bellows

Materials

Beech, Leather, Brass, Cord

Physical description

Beechwood; leather; brass; cord

Associations

Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

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