According to Allistair Sinclair, his father opened his bagpipe business in 1933. For reasons unknown, he sold the business to Hugh MacPherson in 1957 and had nothing to do with pipemaking until 1959 when he went to work at the Hugh MacPherson office. The business when back into Sinclair ownership in 1962.
There was little, if any, difference between Sinclair drones and MacPherson drones. The turners that worked for Sinclair went to work for MacPherson so the instrument essentially stayed the same. The cut-in atop the projecting mounts seems to have disappeared sometime between 1957 and 1962 and this is one way of determining the approximate age of a Sinclair/MacPherson bagpipe.
There was little, if any, difference between Sinclair drones and MacPherson drones. The turners that worked for Sinclair went to work for MacPherson so the instrument essentially stayed the same. The cut-in atop the projecting mounts seems to have disappeared sometime between 1957 and 1962 and this is one way of determining the approximate age of a Sinclair/MacPherson bagpipe.
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