Drone

Description

Set of drones for a set of Northumbrian small pipes having four drones with stoppers, each of the two sections set in a common stock, made of ivory, tooth ivory and bone with silver ferrules and a birch stock, late 18th century

Museum reference

K.2003.821

Collection

Culture

Object name

Drone

Date

Late 18th century

Materials

Ivory, Bone, Silver, Birch

Physical description

Ivory, ivory tooth, bone, silver and birch

Associations

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

References

Cheape, Hugh, A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 42.