Highland bagpipe

Description

Reproduction of a two drone war pipe, possibly made by Robert Glen, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, 1890s

Museum reference

A.1947.97

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

Glen, Robert, 1835 - 1911, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1890s

Associations

Collector: Fraser, Alexander Duncan, Dr, 1849 - 1920
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland
J. and R. Glen

References

Baines, Anthony, Bagpipes. Occasional Papers on Technology 9, Oxford Press, 1973.

Cheape, Hugh, The Book of the Bagpipe. Belfast: Appletree Press, 1999.

Langwill, Lyndesay, A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors, 6th Edition. Edinburgh: 1980.

Fraser, A. Duncan. Some Reminiscences and the Bagpipe. Falkirk. 1907.