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View full screenBagpipe chanter for a set of Scottish small-pipes, laburnum mounted with a bone sole, the fingerholes have been hollowed out to receive the fingers, late 18th century
K.2003.798
Scotland, Northern Europe
Late 18th century
Laburnum 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. 34.
Baines, Anthony. "Bagpipes". Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.