Dreaming Pipes: Ten Years of the Lindsay System follows the first decade of the Lindsay System in public use: the open-source, extended-range, keyless Scottish smallpipe chanter design created by musician and instrument designer Donald WG Lindsay. Through prototypes, diagrams, instruments, text, sound and film, the exhibition places the Lindsay System within the wider modern story of Scottish smallpipes, shaped by a simple musical question: how can pipers carry what they already know into fuller participation in the music around them without having to start over from scratch?

The exhibition traces not only the development of the instrument itself, but the wider culture of use, adaptation and exchange that has grown around it: from early uptake by players and makers, to the shareable, 3D-printable LSC_PRINT&PLAY and new access through digital fabrication, to experiments in new and recycled materials, pedagogical use, and the translation of the design back into wood through traditional craft methods.

The project has strong LBPS connections. Donald served as Convenor of the Society from 2017 to 2019, and the Lindsay System has developed in close contact with the conversations, workshops, makers, players and revival contexts connected with the Society. The exhibition includes instruments, prototypes, recordings, 3D-printed chanters, interpretation materials and archive material exploring how a new branch of Scottish bellows piping can emerge from within the tradition.

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