Chanter

Description

Highland bagpipe chanter of cocus wood, cracked and bound and missing its sole, made by William Gunn of Glasgow, c.1840

Museum reference

K.1999.261

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Production information

Gunn, William, 1789 - 1867, Manufacturer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1840

Materials

Cocus wood

Physical description

Cocus wood

References

Campbell, Jeannie. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.

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

Cheape, Hugh. The Piper's Whim: William Gunn of Glasgow, Publisher and Pipe-Maker, in Piping Today, No. 20 (2006), 12 - 15.