Special & Sale Items

  • Shepherd Mk II Poly chanter

    Shepherd MK II Poly chanter

    This was a great chanter in its day and it is now undergoing a revival, though they are not produced any more. No carving on this one.

     

    $450.00
  • Sinclair Blackwood Pipe Chanter (used)

    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
  • Alexander Practice Chanter, circa 1970 (used)

    Alexander Practice Chanter, Circa 1970 (Used)

    George Alexander made pipes in the last half of the 1900s and became known as the first maker to produce a ‘long’ practice chanter with countersunk holes the same spacing as the pipe chanter. This one has what looks to be a Hardie pipe chanter sole.

    $225.00
  • Sinclair Blackwood Pipe Chanter used

    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.

    $525.00
  • Dunbar-Eller Blackwood Pipe Chanter (used)

    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

    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

    “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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    “A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs,” Patrick MacDonald, First Edition, 1784
    “A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs,” Patrick MacDonald, First Edition, 1784
    “A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs,” Patrick MacDonald, First Edition, 1784
    “A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs,” Patrick MacDonald, First Edition, 1784
    $1,750.00
  • “Musical Memoirs of Scotland,” Sir John Graham Dalyell, 1849, First Edition

    “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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    “Musical Memoirs of Scotland,” Sir John Graham Dalyell, 1849, First Edition
    “Musical Memoirs of Scotland,” Sir John Graham Dalyell, 1849, First Edition
    “Musical Memoirs of Scotland,” Sir John Graham Dalyell, 1849, First Edition
    $650.00