Tuning up the Northumbrian Small Pipes

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Turning chisel
used in manufacturing bagpipes, 19th century

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Turning chisel
used in manufacturing bagpipes, 19th century

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Turning chisel with spoon bit blade
used in manufacturing bagpipes, 19th century

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Two 6/8 marches, Braes of Glenorchy and The Campbells are Coming, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)

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Two boxes containing bagpipe reeds
from the firms of R.G. Lawrie, Ltd and Peter Henderson, Bagpipe Makers, Glasgow

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Two Highland bagpipe jigs, The Braes of Lochaber and The Bride Has a Bonny Thing, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)

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Two marches in a manuscript book of Highland bagpipe music
owned by Piper A. Finnie, 1st Battalion Blackwatch, c. 1898 - 1902

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Two small printed boxes for bagpipe reeds and practice chanter reeds
by R.G. Lawrie Ltd, Glasgow, 1930s

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Volinka or Russian bagpipe
'Volinka' or 'Volynka' is the Russian literary term for 'bagpipe', and does not accurately describe this instrument

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Walking stick practice chanter
by Peter Henderson, Glasgow, c. 1900

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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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Woodcut illustration of a Medieval marching scene
in Ulster, 1570s

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Woodcut illustration of a Medieval open-air feast scene
in Ulster, 1570s

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The Bagpipe Collection

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