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Donald MacPhee was born in 1841 and was an outstanding piper and bagpipe maker. He operated a successful
business from 17 Royal Arcade (Glasgow) until his death in 1880. According to Jeanne Campbell, Donald
died of general paralysis of the insane over a duration of about one year. From her writings, Donald
must have been a very special person to be a top competing piper in 1876, hospitalized in 1879 at the
age of 37, and dead at age 38. One can only imagine what Peter Henderson must have felt taking over
his shop in 1880.
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The images below are of a MacPhee bagpipe. Interestingly, but not altogether surprisingly, I can see
both Henderson and Lawrie within.
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Here is another authentic set of MacPhee bagpipes. His stamp is on the tuning pin of the bass lower
section. This bagpipe is consistent to the one immediately above.
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