This set of Lawries came in its original box. The pipes were packed in newspapers from 1950, thus the dating. The pipes have had minimal usage. They look almost brand new — perhaps owned by a new piper who gave them a short go and decided piping wasn’t for them.

They are blackwood, with iconic tapered Lawrie nickel ferrules. The projecting mounts are blackwood; caps and original chanter sole are imitation ivory.

The pipes play very well. Many Lawries from this era maintained a big, classic, seamless Lawrie/Henderson sound from the earlier part of the century, and this set is one of them — steady, easy to reed, easy to tune, rich and vibrant.

They required no refurb aside from mimimal re-hemping.They have been oiled.