Drone

Description

Drone stock of ivory, which has cracked and been pinned, with a hardwood drone seat for a set of small pipes or Lowland pipes, probably Scottish, late 18th or early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2002.1180

Collection

Culture

Object name

Drone

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Late 18th - early 19th century

Materials

Ivory, Hardwood

Associations

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

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