Chanter

Description

Chanter for half-size set of Highland bagpipes of cocus wood, mounted mounted with an ivory sole and broken and repaired at neck, made by John Ban MacKenzie, Breadalbane, c. 1850

Museum reference

K.2003.750

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Production information

Mackenzie, John Ban, 1796 - 1864, Manufacturer
Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1850

Materials

Cocus wood, Ivory

Physical description

Cocus wood and ivory

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 21.

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

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