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Bannatyne “Small” Pipe Bag
This bag was put on a set of pipes and taken off three days later. It’s the smallest size bag Bannatyne makes. Excellent condition.
$150.00 -
R.G. Hardie Practice Chanter, Circa 1960s
This regular sized African blackwood chanter could have been made anytime between 1950 and 1970. It is nicely in tune and vibrant with a Warnock practice chanter reed.
$175.00 -
Ross “Livingstone Pipe Bag
The Ross “Livingstone” bag is the smallest bag on the market. This bag was played for about four hours and is in excellent condition.
$125.00 -
Sinclair Pipe Chanter, Silver Sole
The age of this Sinclair chanter is difficult to determine, but it could be as early as the 1950s. The silver sole has an R. G. Lawrie hallmark of 1925-26, well before the Sinclair company started in 1933, so the sole is not original to the chanter. The chanter is uncarved and there is wear on the low A hole from countless birls. The pitch is low but the chanter plays true, with a bit of sharpness on high G.
$625.00 -
Sinclair Blackwood Pipe Chanter (Used)
The date of this Sinclair chanter is indeterminate, but it still plays with a crack off the technique and a slightly lower pitch. No apparent carving. There are a couple of chips on the top of the imitation ivory sole.
$475.00 -
Dunbar-Eller Blackwood Pipe Chanter (Used)
This Dunbar-Eller blackwood pipe chanter is in excellent condition with no carving. It displays a vibrant sound and a lower pitch reflective of its time in the early 1990s.
$285.00 -
Dunbar Polypenco Pipe Chanter (Used)
This Dunbar polypenco pipe chanter is in excellent condition with no carving. It would be around 25 years old. It displays a vibrant sound and will pitch in the low 470s with the right reed.
$185.00 -
“A Collection Of Highland Vocal Airs,” Patrick Macdonald, First Edition, 1784
While Joseph MacDonald was writing his famous “Complete Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe” in 1760, his brother Patrick was preparing this publication which came off the press in 1784. Together they represent the first serious attempt, using the medium of print, to make Highland music more widely known throughout Scotland. With four piobaireachd appearing at the end of the book, and Joseph’s book not seeing publication until well after his death, Patrick’s “Vocal Airs” marks the first appearance of pipe music in staff notation.
The book lacks its cover, but is otherwise in excellent condition. The parchment pages do exhibit some show-through and slight discolouration, but the print is still clear and legible.
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$1,750.00 -
“Musical Memoirs Of Scotland,” Sir John Graham Dalyell, 1849, First Edition
Sir John Dalyell was an antiquarian and naturalist lived from 1815-1844 and was a regular judge and organizer at the Highland Society of London’s competitions. The book is an account of the musical antiquities of Scotland, beginner with three chapters on the bagpipes and bagpipe music. Though clearly not a fan of the bagpipe, Dalyell nonetheless gives us a rare account of piping in the early part of the 19th century and his book remains a window to another age.
The book is in excellent condition, though the cover is not original.
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$650.00
