The Bagpipe Society

A Methodology for Examining Bagpipes

Abbreviations

[MET: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York]
[MFA: Museum of Fine Art, Boston]
[MIMEd: Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh, used to be EUCHMI]
[MOPBM: Morpeth Chantry Bagpipes Museum]
[NLS: National Library Scotland]
[NMS: National Museum Scotland]

0. Introduction

Museums are vital institutions for preserving cultural material heritage.

Thanks to modern conservation standards, most provide better environments for artefacts than ordinary domestic settings. Yet for bagpipes, due to their complexity, modularity and rarity, studying them can be both exciting and

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