Part 1 of the refurbishing of a gifted set of full ivory pipes.

[@russellgalt6564]

What a find! These appear to be Henderson bagpipes from the 1880s. I have a nearly identical set. Imagine the many weddings, funerals, birthdays, and possibly even battles, graced by these them. If only pipes could talk...

[@owenmccallum6076]

Battlefields are not graced by bagpipe music, all it produced was the death of 8000 WW1 pipers depriving Scotland of some of the greatest pipers and almost wiped out the music and tradition from Parts of the Highlands and islands! You really have no idea about the history of Scotland and its tradition !

[@andrewmoore2347]

Those pipes sure look a lot like my late 1800's vintage Hendersons...same pattern (except for the chanter as you have already determined). I love my Hendersons!!!!

[@sandiegobagpiper]

Thank you for the little bit of information. Every bit helps to more closely determine the age.

[@calumhalliday6428]

The drones look very similar to my son's Henderson's made about 1915 that have been passed down generations of pipers in my family and play accross Europe in WW2 by my grandfather.

[@TnBagpiper68]

I believe the blow pipe is a kitchen or 3/4 bagpipe scale blow pipe. I have a cir. 1960 Lawrie (?) Kitchen pipe set with a small scale blowpipe.

[@sandiegobagpiper]

It might be. However, the craftsmanship seems very archaic. Not cheap. More like what I’ve seen in pictures of 1700s pipes.

[@michaelgillespie1206]

The chanter with the pumpkin colored sole looks like my R.G. Hardie chanter from the early 1970s'.

[@sandiegobagpiper]

That chanter was a Hardie. After doing a lot of measurements, and consulting with a few friends, I determined the set is an early 1900s set of Hendersons.