Set of bagpipes, Scottish.
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InstrumentBagpipe |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerHugh Robertson |
Date MadeLate 18th Century |
DescriptionTechnical description: Bass drone in four sections looped to reduce the overall size of the instrument, returning through the stock and joined with a brass U-bend; single reed of cane of length 105 is set in the drone and tuned with a drop of black cobbler's wax on the tongue. Tenor drone with two sections; single reed of cane is set in the drone and tuned with a drop of wax. Drone stock, diameter 58, fitted with a drone stop of brass tipped with ivory, closing with a soft leather pad over a brass air inlet pipe. Temperate hardwood, stained, brass and ivory mounted. Sheepskin bag with green wool fringed cover cut and stitched to give a long neck for the chanter stock. Set of bellows of two boards or clappers of beech joined with an external brass hinge, mounted with a horn bush on the connecting pipe outlet. |
NotesHugh Cheape, 1982. |
MeasurementsBass drone 1433; tenor drone 440; drone stock 158; set of bellows length c 250, width 136. |
ProvenanceFormerly stock of Messrs J. & R. Glen or from the collection of the firm's proprietors. ; Lent by the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland K.2003.704. |
CollectionRoss Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number1343 |