Highland bagpipe

Description

Set of Highland bagpipes of blackwood, ivory-mounted, with the chanter stamped 'Dn McKay' on the neck, probably by Duncan Mackay, early 19th century

Museum reference

K.1999.257

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

McKay, Duncan, 1800 (fl.), Manufacturer

Date

Early 19th century
1840s

Materials

African Blackwood, Ivory

References

Campbell, Jeannie. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.

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

Bushnell, G.H., Scottish Engravers, A Biographical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1949.

Cannon, Roderick C., The Highland Bagpipe and its Music, Edinburgh, 1988.

Cheape, H., A Check-List of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, University of Edinburgh, 1983.

Cheape, H., MacCorquodales's Pipes, in The Piper Press, No. 10 (1999), p. 27 - 31.

Langwill, L.G. (ed. Waterhouse, W.), A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers, London, 1993.

Purser, J., Scotland's Music, Edinburgh, 1992.