Playing the practice chanter

The author's son, Gordon North, in Highland dress, playing the practice chanter as a learner of the Great Highland bagpipe. The author was Mr C.N. MacIntyre North, a London architect, who compiled a folio collection in the late 19th century published under the Gaelic title of Leabhar Comunn nam Fior Ghael, or the 'Book of the Club of True Highlanders'.

Mr MacIntyre North was an enthusiastic expatriate Scot who made a special study of Scottish Gaelic antiquities and arts. He founded an organisation in London called 'The Club of True Highlanders' which evoked the memory of an organisation founded by MacDonnell of Glengary in the 1820s.

The practice chanter is used by pipers for learning and practicing the music of the bagpipe. It has a narrow cylindrical bore and uses a double reed with long blades. It is softer toned and deeper pitched than the bagpipe chanter.

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