Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck

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Highland bagpipe chanter by Forbes of Dundee, 1920s, of African blackwood mounted with a heavy sole turned from a synthetic material to imitate ivory.

The chanter is turned with three decorative (and strengthening) rings at the neck and a wide conspicuous double ring at the bottom end to accommodate the sole. It is stamped 'J T FORBES/DUNDEE' on the neck.

The firm of J T Forbes made Highland bagpipes in Dundee from the 1890s until the 1940s. Latterly their products and sets of pipes were made by another firm, Thow of Dundee. A set of their Highland bagpipes is in the Balfour Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

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• Online ID: 000-000-579-872-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: The Bagpipe Collection
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  K.2002.1820
• Date: 1920s (date of manufacture)
  
• Material: African blackwood and synthetic material
  Highland bagpipe chanter
  
• Dimensions: 363 mm L; sole 70 mm Dia, interior of mouth 20 mm Dia
  
• What: Highland bagpipe chanter
  
• Subject:
• Who: J.T. Forbes (manufacturer)
  Thow of Dundee (successor to Forbes)
  
• Where: Scotland, Dundee (place of manufacture)
  
• Event:
• Description: Highland bagpipe chanter of African blackwood mounted with sole turned from synthetic material.
  
• References:
  • Baines, Anthony,. Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973. 
  • Campbell, Jeannie,. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.
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