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Henderson, circa 1930, cocuswood or Brazillian kingwood, nickel, ivory
Several of these Henderson sets have come up on the site in the last few years. They are either cocuswood or the lighter and more variegated Brazillian kingwood, or a mix of both. It seems to have been a fairly common Henderson configuration in the 1920s and 1930s: cocuswood or kingwood with ivory projecting mounts and ring caps, and nickel ferrules.
They are tonally superb sets, with a sweetness to the Henderson sound that is different from the more robust blackwood sound.
The set has no original chanter (the chanter in the photographs was included by mistake). All five stocks are replacements with matching ferrules, as there were no stocks with this set. The blowstick stock is poly, the rest are blackwood.
The pipes have been refinished.