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View full screenSet of drones for a set of Highland bagpipes made of cocus wood mounted with ivory Scottish, early 19th century
K.2003.774
Scotland, Northern Europe
Early 19th century
Cocus wood, ivory and paint.
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.