to the base drone stock and a ring cap on a tenor drone have been engraved with the number 16.The ring cap is engraved with the number 11. It is a matter of speculation, but it could be implied that the number 16 refers to the 16th of a special order of bagpipes and thus there were probably another 15 sets or more if the special order exceeded 16. The instrument is generally in good condition, although does carry the scars of age.The wood has a slight brown tinge to it. I suspect they are made of African Blackwood. The instrument came into the
first instructor and just last June I was in Colin Armstrong’s class. I have attached a fun photo taken at the Monterey, CA Games, last weekend, 8/6/11. It is of me tuning up to play my 2/4 march in solo competition and I’m standing with my granddaughter, Lilee. I know Dugald, Andrew Frater, Harry McNulty and Bruce Hitchings will get a kick out of it and I just wanted to share it. I hope you get a good laugh too! Thanks for providing a wonderful venue for learning the GHB!
Kris Krug, by email Henderson Pipe Sir, I have just helped a pupil to put a
set of bagpipes going. They were given to him by his grandfather.There are unique features to the instrument. They are mounted with plain silver and ivory. What makes the pipes unique is all of the silver mounts with the exception of a long ferrule fitted
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possession of the family about sixty years ago. The great-grandmother of the present owner purchased the bagpipe and dealt with Pipe Major Duncan Cameron of Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band. Duncan Cameron is the father of the retired Northern Meeting Piping Convenor, Mr Richard Cameron.The grandfather of the owner was taught by Duncan Cameron atTrinity in Edinburgh and later at Abbeyhill. The history of the bagpipe is not known before 1950 and it would be of interest to learn of similarly marked instruments in the hope of learning of the history surrounding the pipes. Undoubtedly purchasing multiple sets of silver mounted bagpipes as a special order in that era would have been expensive and the purchaser, whether an army regiment or a more private organisa- tion such as a police pipe band pres- umably desired matching instruments.