Gavin MacDougall was Duncan’s son. He was a top solo piper in the late 1800′s, and turned bagpipes for his father eventually taking over the MacDougall shop in Aberfeldy in 1898 upon his father’s death. He began using African blackwood as cocuswood and good quality ebony became harder to acquire.

“Photos courtesy of Ronan Maguire, St. Laurence O’Toole PB”.

This hallmarked set is from 1900

Gavin carried on the tradition of "stepless" projecting mounts

A fantastic Celtic engraving pattern

Some MacDougall sets were sleeved with brass inserts

These tenor drones are from two different sets belonging to Barry and George Shears