A beautiful set of Grainger and Campbell bagpipes with silver and ivory pipes on the set at present, and they are nearly twins.
The Grainger and Campbell pipemaking company operated in Glasgow beginning in 1946. In 1952 they took over the premises and machinery from the defunct Duncan MacRae firm. They made bagpipes of excellent quality until the company closed in 1989.
This silver and ivory set is hallmarked 1973-74 on every piece.
The set is in superb condition, requiring only a good polishing on the lathe and re-truing a couple of the tuning chambers. The original Grainger chanter is still with the pipes. But the original silver sole has been affixed to a Naill blackwood chanter. I don’t know the vintage of the chanter, but I believe it is quite modern. It plays very well. The original Grainger chanter would have played well in it day, though it would be low-pitched in today’s piping world and difficult to reed.
The set also has its original silver and ivory mouthpiece.
As expected, the drones on this set were robust and very steady, locking into tune nicely with my Canning drone reeds.
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