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Pattern stick

Description

Pattern stick of hard wood cut to the profile of a Highland bagpipe chanter, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Museum reference

K.2002.1310

Collection

Culture

Object name

Pattern stick

Date

1930s - 1950s

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood

Associations

Previous owner: Thomson, Robert, 1930 - 1959 (fl.)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, Northern Europe

References

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

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

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