Lowland Pipe

This lowland pipe (also called border pipe) has a conical chanter made of black wood, three drones (one bass, two tenor) fitted on a common stock, and is fitted with bellows. The leather bag is covered with a tartan bag. The original bag was covered with a Brown Watch Tartan. The cover was replaced in 1971 with a new tartan cloth. Lowland pipes were probably used by Highland pipers to play for social functions such as dances.

(Cassandre Balosso-Bardin, 2023)

Technical Description
Conical single chanter of black wood 353 mm, ivory bell mount, 7/1 holes, 2 ventholes, double cane reed on brass staple;

3 drones of black and brown wood with cylindrical bores: bass in 3 sections 570 mm, 2 tenor drones in 2 sections, both 303 mm, bass and 1 tenor reed intact, single downcut cane reeds with tuning bridles;

Single-fold leather bellows, 2 brown wood boards with metal bands holding body strap, leather loop for missing arm strap, leather outlet hose with wood intermediate joint;

sueded sheep-tartan;

3 cylindrical wooden stocks, one holding all 3 drones;

Decorative turnings, ivory and composition mounts;

Black border on bellows, wooden bushing on intake, intermediate joint mounted with brass.