Chanter

Description

Highland bagpipe chanter of elm wood with the sole or bell turned in the thickness of the chanter, by McKay, London, early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2003.745

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Production information

McKay, 1815 (fl.), Manufacturer
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

Early 19th century

Materials

Elm

Physical description

Elmwood

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. 20-21.

Festival of Flanders Exhibition Catalogue. 1968, No. 114f.

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