#7 Bagpipe
African blackwood, fully mounted with sterling silver projecting mounts, ring caps, ferrules, tuning slides, bold bulb mouthpiece, and pipe chanter sole. Ivory bushes and hemp stops.
7zoom2bottop&midbot1.jpg (46374 bytes)
The bass middle on the bass bottom, showing silver.
7zoom2bp&mp.jpg (41603 bytes) 7zoom2drones.jpg (39330 bytes)
7zoom2mt&ts.jpg (40178 bytes)
You can see the photographer's reflection.
7zoom2tenor.jpg (38184 bytes) 7zoom2tops.jpg (41959 bytes)
There was a smudge on the lens; I didn't have a cleaning cloth at the shop.

 

#7A Bagpipe
African blackwood, fully mounted with engraved sterling silver projecting mounts, ring caps, ferrules, tuning slides, bold bulb mouthpiece, and pipe chanter sole. Ivory bushes and hemp stops. This is our fanciest non-custom set.

Zoomorphic 2 Pattern
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The bass drone.
7apcstock.jpg (70200 bytes)
The pipe chanter stock. Notice how the wood butts up against the bead of the ferrule.
7asilvermountslideferrulefromside.jpg (268195 bytes)
View showing the silverwork, and how it merges seamlessly with the wood. 262 kb
7abothtenorsfromtop.jpg (178072 bytes)7atenorsboth.jpg (50115 bytes)
The two tenor drones. Image on left is 174 kb.
7abm.jpg (41561 bytes)
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7athreetops.jpg (39718 bytes)
The bushes are woolly
mammoth ivory.
7atenorbot&top.jpg (49950 bytes)

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Runic Pattern
7ao&aallpcs.jpg (58135 bytes)
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7ao&aalltops.jpg (47175 bytes)
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7ao&abass.jpg (57338 bytes)
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7ao&apc&bp.jpg (46182 bytes)
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7ao&atenor.jpg (53494 bytes)
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7ao&att.jpg (37258 bytes)
7ao&attbotfrombot1.jpg (60054 bytes) 78 kb
7ao&attbotfrombot2.jpg (63461 bytes)
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7ao&atttop.jpg (62942 bytes)
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Silver for this set