Thread: Cocus wood bagpipe

Originally Posted by Phil93

Hello,
I am the new owner of a fantastic focus wood bagpipe.

Looks nice, have you played them yet?

What are the mounts made from?
Who is the maker?

Tom

I really like the dutch word for bagpipes. They call it a "doodle bag".

Think people will look at you funny if you say your going to play your doodle bag?

Binoculars is better, thats a "long looker"

Originally Posted by tom42cook

Looks nice, have you played them yet?

What are the mounts made from?
Who is the maker?

Tom

Oooops! Sorry for the delay Tom but terribly busy: yes I've played the pipes and they sound superb (typical Edinburgh sound a bit Glen like); mounts are made from elephant ivory and they were made by James Hutcheon around 1890.

From 1890, wow! I read "new owner" and thought "new bagpipe". Looks like excellent condition for 122 years. Do they play in B flat like modern pipes or in A? either way an excellent aquisition.

Thanks Tom: I play them in A with a cocus D. Glen chanter, but it is very difficult to find the chanter reeds wich are not similar to the modern ones.

The nice condition of the pipes is due to the fact they were not used since 1946...

A "new" photo of them :

Are you just trying to make people jealous?

Originally Posted by tom42cook

Are you just trying to make people jealous?

No no! In fact this set made in Edinburgh around 1890 was still in Australia some months ago before coming back to Europe.
It is amazing to see that such work was done on lathes of this period of time without any power supply or CNC machines.