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Set of miniature Highland bagpipes.
Technical description: Three drones are set in individual stocks; bass drone with three sections; two tenor drones each with two sections. Laburnum with simple combing decoration turned in sets of six rings, nickel mounts. Blowpipe fitted with synthetic mounts.Sheepskin bag with green woollen cover.
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Circa 1875 - Maker:
Possibly J. & R. Glen - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh/Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112+422.122-71+422.22-62 Single oboes with conical bore combined with a set of oboes with conical bore with keys and a set of reedpipes with single reeds with flexible air reservoir
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112+422.122-71+422.22-62 Single oboes with conical bore combined with a set of oboes with conical bore with keys and a set of reedpipes with single reeds with flexible air reservoir
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:Bass drone 442; 2 tenor drones each 340; blowpipe: 334.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15654