Bagpipes made of ebony

Made for and played by Mark (the Rocket Man) Lee

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A pair of ebony tenor drones.		 ebonysticks.jpg (104154 bytes)
The full set of sticks		 ebonybmtop&btbot.jpg (94156 bytes)
 Top of bass middle and bottom of bass top. Also ebony.
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Three ebony tops.

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Ebony tops, one showing the bush.

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Bush in ebony bass top.

 

Bass bottom from the set above, showing detail. Ebony is hard to turn well.
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Two full views.		 ebonten&mt.jpg (61078 bytes)   ebonten&mtdarker.jpg (59936 bytes)
Tenon & bottom mount.
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Top mount.		 ebontunpin&mt.jpg (62629 bytes)
Tuning pin & top mount.
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Combing & beading.		 ebonc&bcloser.jpg (64120 bytes)
c&b closer.