Title page of 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

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Trade envelope with a vignette of a piper
for J. and R. Glen, Bagpipe Makers, Edinburgh, c. 1900

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Traditions of the Old Pipers, Angus MacPherson of Invershin recounts his family and musical pedigree in 1959 (audio clip)

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Traditions of the Old Pipers, Captain Donald Ross MacLennan recounts family tradition concerning 19th century pipers Donald Cameron and John Ban MacKenzie (audio clip)

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Traditions of the Old Pipers, Pipe Major William Ross and his mother recall musical life in Glen Strathfarrar in the late 19th century (audio clip)

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Traditions of the Old Pipers, Traditional wedding celebrations in Orkney recalled by Mrs Sinclair in 1938 (audio clip)

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Treble clef punch used in music engraving
by music printers and publishers Aird and Coghill, Glasgow, until 1972

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Tube with one end stopped for carrying Union bagpipe reeds
owned by William Mackie, 19th century

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Tube with stopped ends for carrying Union bagpipe chanter reeds
owned by William Mackie, 19th century

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Tune from Joseph MacDonald's Compleat Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe, c. 1760, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)
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Tune from the Campbell Canntaireachd, played on a replica 18th century bagpipe by Barnaby Brown (audio clip)

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Tune, Holme's Fancy, played on an early form Northumbrian smallpipe by Pauline Cato (audio clip)

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Tune, How She'll ne'er be Guided, played on a late 20th century Lowland bagpipe by Iain MacInnes (audio clip)

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Tune, Jamie Allan, played on a copy of a mid 18th century Scottish smallpipe by Julian Goodacre (audio clip)

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Tune, Oran Na Maighdinn-Mhara, played on an early 19th century Scottish smallpipe by Iain MacInnes (audio clip)

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Tune, The Carrick Hornpipe, played on a late 20th century Northumbrian smallpipe by Pauline Cato (audio clip)

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