Highland bagpipe

Description

Set of Highland bagpipes comprising drones and blowstick only, 'blackwood', bone and horn mounted with 'button' mounts, c. 1870, and modern replacement mouthpiece

Museum reference

K.1999.258

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1870

Materials

African Blackwood, Bone, Horn, Ivory, Synthetic material

Physical description

African blackwood (?), bone, horn, ivory, synthetic material

References

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

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