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Bagpipe
A set of Highland bagpipes made from blackwood with mounts of stag horn. The instrument is missing the bottom joint of the tenor drone, the blowpipe and stock, and the chanter and stock. It was made by Duncan Gillis of Cape Breton, Canada in the mid 19th century. It was purchased by Seumas MacNeill in1953.
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mid 19th century - Maker:
Gillis, Duncan - Collection:
College of Piping - Inventory number:
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Cape Breton - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:College of Piping
- Measurements:Tenor: 385mm. Bass: 735mm.