Chanter

Description

Bagpipe chanter for the Union pipes of cocus wood with a decorative bone mount on the tenon and a bone ring on the foot, by Donald MacDonald, Edinburgh, late 18th or early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2003.717

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Production information

MacDonald, Donald, 1767 - 1840, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Late 18th - early 19th century

Materials

Cocus wood, Bone

Physical description

Cocus wood and bone

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 12.

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

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