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Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck

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by J.T. Forbes of Dundee, 1920s

Postcard of Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck.
000-000-579-872-C
© National Museums Scotland

Highland bagpipe chanter stamped at neck

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: 0869: 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
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.
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