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View full screenChanter for a half-size set of Highland bagpipes, made of cocus wood and mounted with bone on the sole and tenon, by Murdoch MacLean, Glasgow, c. 1810
K.2003.744
MacLean, Murdoch, 1810 (fl.), Manufacturer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
c. 1810
Cocus wood and bone
Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 20.
Baines, Anthony. "Bagpipes". Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.
Campbell, Jeannie. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.