000-000-580-042-C
Two quicksteps, Triall Lochiall and The Celtic Society's Quickstep, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)
© National Museums Scotland
000-000-579-686-C
Two reels printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848
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000-000-579-878-C
Two Reels printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848
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000-000-579-645-C
Two slur cutters used in music engraving
by music printers and publishers Aird and Coghill, Glasgow, until 1972
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000-000-579-780-C
Two small printed boxes for bagpipe reeds and practice chanter reeds
by R.G. Lawrie Ltd, Glasgow, 1930s
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000-000-579-689-C
Two tunes printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848
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000-000-579-876-C
Two tunes printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848
© National Museums Scotland
000-000-580-053-C
Uilleann or Union bagpipe made by William Rowsome, Dublin, 1898 played by Kevin Rowsome (audio clip)
© Kevin Rowsome
000-000-580-054-C
Uilleann or Union bagpipe made by William Rowsome, Dublin, 1898 played by Kevin Rowsome (audio clip)
© Kevin Rowsome
000-000-579-787-C
Unfinished turned and drilled section possibly for a Northumbrian small-pipe chanter
19th century
© National Museums Scotland
000-000-579-587-C
Volinka or Russian bagpipe
'Volinka' or 'Volynka' is the Russian literary term for 'bagpipe', and does not accurately describe this instrument
© National Museums Scotland
000-000-580-015-C
Walking stick practice chanter
by Peter Henderson, Glasgow, c. 1900
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000-000-579-601-C
William MacDonald
by Kenneth MacLeay, 1866
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000-000-579-818-C
Wills Whiffs cigarette box and tin containing five Highland bagpipe drone reeds
collected by Robert Thomson, Bagpipe Maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s
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000-000-579-538-C
Woodcut illustration of a Medieval marching scene
in Ulster, 1570s
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000-000-579-539-C
Woodcut illustration of a Medieval open-air feast scene
in Ulster, 1570s
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