Walter Ritchie’s BugleThe Highlanders’ Museum A bugle is a very simple instrument from the brass family. Unlike other brass instruments, it has no valves as the bugler is able to control the pitch using the mouth. In the military, it traditionally marked...
HarmoniumTarbat Discovery Centre A harmonium is a small organ, similar to an upright piano, and is powered by bellows operated by the player’s feet. During the sixteenth century, the Reformation saw the spread of Protestantism in place of Catholicism. This had a...
Faery BagpipesWest Highland Museum The Faery bagpipes of Kinlochmoidart are believed to be more than eight hundred years old, one of the oldest sets of pipes in existence. Legend holds that the MacIntyre piper made the pipes after he had a dream in which a faery...
Captured Russian DrumThe Highlanders’ Museum This bronze-coloured drum was captured from the Russian Army by the 79th Regiment at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War. In this war, the Russians were fighting against four major European powers in response to...
Bugle used to sound the ‘advance’ at Tel-El-Kebir The Highlander’s Museum Bugles have been used by the military at many timesthroughout history. This one belonged to Drummer John Alcorn of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He would have been crucial...
