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Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck

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by Robert Reid, Glasgow, 1930s

Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck
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Highland bagpipe chanter by Robert Reid of Glasgow, 1930s, of African Blackwood mounted with a synthetic composite sole of a light brown colour, stamped at the 'neck' (i.e. top of the chanter) 'ROBERT REID / GLASGOW'.

Robert Reid (1895-1965) was born and brought up at Slamannan in Stirlingshire, and was taught piping by John MacDougall Gillies. He served in France and Palestine in the First World War and became Pipe Major of the 7th Battalion the Highland Light Infantry.

He was a noted prize-winner in piping competitions and published a book of bagpipe music, 'The Piper's Delight', in about 1933. He had a bagpipe-making business at 60 George Street, Glasgow, from 1932 until 1957.

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