Union bagpipe

Description

Set of Union bagpipes of blackwood, ebony and other hardwoods mounted with silver and ivory, presented by Lewis F. Innes of Ballogie to Robert Millar, with music book, made by Robert Reid, North Shields, 1830

Museum reference

H.LT 116.1

Collection

Culture

Object name

Union bagpipe

Production information

Reid, Robert, 1784 - 1837, Manufacturer
North Shields, Northumberland, England, Northern Europe

Date

1830

Materials

Ebony, African Blackwood, Hardwood, Silver, Ivory

Associations

Recipient: Millar, Robert, 1789 - 1865
Presenter: Innes, Lewis F., 1830 (fl.)
Ballogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Montrose, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

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

Cannon, Roderick D. The Miller (Highland Bagpipe) Manuscript, in Proceedings of the Piobaireachd Society, Vol. XXV (1998).

Cannon, Roderick D. Robert Miller - Lowland Piper?, in Common Stock. Pp. 30 - 36.

Credit

Purchased with a grant from the Lowland and Border Pipers' Society