Tuning up the Northumbrian Small Pipes

The photographic portrait 'Tuning up the Northumbrian Small Pipes' is of Duncan Fraser.

Dr Alexander Duncan Fraser MD (1849 - 1920) born in Lochgilphead of an Inverness-shire family, trained in medicine in Edinburgh University He graduated in 1874 and practised subsequently in Northumberland, Skye and Falkirk. His lifelong hobby was playing pipes, studying the history of the bagpipe, and collecting 'the bagpipes of all nations'. In 1906 he published a book, Some Reminiscences and the Bagpipe, in which many of the instruments in his collection were illustrated. His researches were published and his collection was donated to the Royal Scottish Museum by his son in 1947.

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Online ID:	000-000-579-585-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0869: The Bagpipe Collection Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland Bagpipe Archive 3.19
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Who:	Scotland, Edinburgh University (place of study) Scotland, Lochgilphead (place of birth)
Where:	Dr Alexander Duncan Fraser MD (depicted)
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Description:	Tuning up the Northumbrian Small Pipes.
References:	Fraser, Alexander Duncan,. Some Reminiscences and the Bagpipe, p.48. Edinburgh: 1907. Find in NLS: Title, Author, Title+Author or British Library: Title, Author, Title+Author
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