Union bagpipe

Description

Set of Union bagpipes, bellows-blown, with chanter, drones and regulators of boxwood mounted with brass and ivory and having a green velvet bag cover, bass drone is looped to reduce overall size of instrument, made by Hugh Robertson, Edinburgh, late 18th century

Museum reference

H.1995.792

Collection

Culture

Object name

Union bagpipe

Production information

Robertson, Hugh, 1790 (fl.), Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Late 18th century

Materials

Boxwood, Brass, Ivory, Velvet

Associations

Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection

Exhibitions

• Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, pp. 6-7.

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

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