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Set of Highland bagpipes probably made for a child
possibly Perth, c. 1830
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Set of miniature Highland bagpipes, probably made for a child, with a chanter and three drones made of laburnum wood and cherry wood with bone and horn mounts. It is inscribed 'W.H.S. / 1824' on the sole of the chanter. Possibly made in Perth.
The appearance of this set of miniature Highland bagpipes suggests that they have been made up by a maker such as Glen of Edinburgh to go with the chanter which came from a set of small pipes.
Small pipes are a small version of the bagpipe which has been made and played in Scotland but which has been most familiar in Britain in the form of the Northumbrian Pipes, a small, bellows-blown instrument with a keyed chanter and variable drone accompaniment. Both Northumbrian Pipes and the Scottish small pipes probably derive from a Continental bellows-blown bagpipe developed by wind-instrument makers in European cities in the 17th century for chamber music and operatic performance by professional musicians. Known as the musette in France, it became a fashionable instrument in the late 17th and 18th centuries for court and drawing room recital.
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- Online ID: 000-000-579-723-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
The Bagpipe Collection
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland H.LT 36
- Date: c.1830 (date of manufacture)
- Material: Laburnum wood, cherry wood, bone and horn
Highland bagpipes - Dimensions:
- What: Highland bagpipes
- Subject:
- Who: The Museum of Piping, Glasgow (place of display)
- Where: Scotland, Perth (possible place of manufacture)
- Event:
- Description: Set of Highland bagpipes with three drones and a chanter of laburnum and cherry wood with bone and horn mounts.
- References:
- Baines, Anthony,. Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.
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