Two quicksteps, Triall Lochiall and The Celtic Society's Quickstep, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)

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Two reels printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

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Two Reels printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

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Two slur cutters used in music engraving
by music printers and publishers Aird and Coghill, Glasgow, until 1972

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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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Two tunes printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

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Two tunes printed in 'The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'
by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

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Uilleann or Union bagpipe made by William Rowsome, Dublin, 1898 played by Kevin Rowsome (audio clip)

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Uilleann or Union bagpipe made by William Rowsome, Dublin, 1898 played by Kevin Rowsome (audio clip)

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Unfinished turned and drilled section possibly for a Northumbrian small-pipe chanter
19th century

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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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William MacDonald
by Kenneth MacLeay, 1866

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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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