Practice chanter

Description

Practice chanter of ivory, silver mounted, inscribed with with bog myrtle motif and the crest of the Duke of Atholl, presented by the Duke of Atholl to his piper, Sandy Stewart Sr., made by J. and R. Glen, Edinburgh, 1880

Museum reference

H.1995.787

Collection

Culture

Object name

Practice chanter

Production information

J. and R. Glen, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1880

Materials

Ivory, Silver

Physical description

Ivory and silver

Associations

Presenter: Duke of Atholl
Recipient: Stewart, Sandy, 1880 (fl.)
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection

Exhibitions

• Galpin Society Exhibition

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 38.

Galpin Society. Galpin Society Exhibition Catalogue. 1968, No. 441.

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