Small pipes bagpipe

Description

Set of bellows blown Small Pipes of stained temperate hardwood, brass and ivory mounted, with bass and tenor drones in a common stock, a blowpipe stock of laburnum with horn mounts and a chanter stock of ebony with ivory mounts, Scottish, 18th century

Museum reference

K.2003.792

Collection

Culture

Object name

Small pipes bagpipe

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

18th century

Materials

Hardwood, Brass, Ivory, Ebony, Laburnum

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 33.

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