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View full screenSet of drones for a set of Highland bagpipes made of varnished light hardwood mounted with ivory and white metal ferrules and blowpipe mouthpiece of synthetic material Scottish, 19th century
K.2003.773
Scotland, Northern Europe
19th century
Hardwood, Ivory, Metal, Synthetic material
Light hardwood, varnish, ivory, metal and synthetic material.
Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Cheape, Hugh. A Checklist of Bagpipes in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. Edinburgh: Reid School of Music, 1983, p. 26.
Baines, Anthony. "Bagpipes". Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.