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Practice chanter

Description

Practice chanter of African blackwood with fingerhole spacing as on the full-sized Highland bagpipe chanter, by David Naill and Co., of Chesham, Buckinghamshire and Minehead, Somerset, c. 1990

Museum reference

K.2003.846

Collection

Culture

Object name

Practice chanter

Production information

David Niall and Co., Manufacturer
Minehead, Somerset, England, Northern Europe
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1990

Materials

African Blackwood, Synthetic material, Nickel

Physical description

African blackwood, synthetic material and nickel

References

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

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

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