The Scottish smallpipe, in its modern form, is a bellows-blown
bagpipe developed from the
Northumbrian smallpipes by Colin Ross and others, to be playable according to the
Great Highland Bagpipe fingering system. There are surviving examples of similar instruments - for instance the Montgomerie smallpipes from the mid 18th century, but the modern instrument is typically larger and lower pitched. Few modern instruments are directly modeled from older examples. The instrument is distinguished from the Northumbrian smallpipes by having an open end to the chanter, and usually by the lack of
keys; this means that the sound of the chanter is continuous, rather than
staccato, and that its range is only nine notes, rather than the nearly two octaves of the Northumbian pipes. A further distinction from the Northumbrian smallpipes is that there has been no unbroken line of traditional playing.
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A bellows blown bagpipe from the Scottish lowlands, related to the musette and the Northumbrian smallpipes. Now usually has a keyless conical chanter, and 3 drones.
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