Drone

Description

Set of drones for a common stock made of stained and polished light hardwood mounted with ivory drone tops and brass ferrules Scottish, late 18th or early 19th century

Museum reference

K.2003.701

Collection

Culture

Object name

Drone

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Late 18th - early 19th century

Materials

Hardwood, Brass, Brass

Physical description

Light hardwood, ivory and brass

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. 5.

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