Drone joint

Description

Experimental shortened Highland bagpipe drone joint of African blackwood, made to replace the bass drone bottom joint to give E with a tenor drone reed, Scottish, 1950s

Museum reference

K.2003.782

Collection

Culture

Object name

Drone joint

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1950s

Materials

African Blackwood, Hemp

Physical description

African blackwood, hemp /string / fibre (?)

Associations

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

References

Cheape, Hugh, A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 28.