Chanter

Description

Chanter for a half-size set of Highland bagpipes, made of cocus wood and mounted with bone on the sole and tenon, by Murdoch MacLean, Glasgow, c. 1810

Museum reference

K.2003.744

Collection

Culture

Object name

Chanter

Production information

MacLean, Murdoch, 1810 (fl.), Manufacturer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1810

Materials

Cocus wood, Bone

Physical description

Cocus wood and bone

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. 20.

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

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