Instrument
Bagpipe |
Instrument Family
Wind |
Date Made
Late 19th Century |
Description
Technical description: With bass and two tenor drones and stocks. Bass drone with three sections; tenor drones each with two sections. Cocus wood turned with full combing decoration, ivory mounted, polished horn mouthpiece. Green silk tuning cord, and Gordon tartan woollen bag cover with green fringes. |
Notes
Hugh Cheape, 1982. |
Measurements
Bass drone 404; tenor drones 226; blowpipe: 320. |
Provenance
Formerly 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.2003.809. |
Collection
Ross Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number
1342 |