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View full screenSet 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
H.1995.792
Robertson, Hugh, 1790 (fl.), Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Late 18th century
Collector: J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Glen and Ross Collection
Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
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.