Bagpipe Paintings: The Bagpiper of Exeter

I would like to thank Keith Barker of Devon, England for his correspondence and for providingme with these amazing pictures of inside the Minstrel's Gallery at Exeter Cathedral. Without his helpthese images would not be able to be viewed by the masses. I would also like to credit the Dean and Chapterof Exeter Cathedral. The rest I will put in Keith's words.

"The Minstrel's Gallery is on the north side of the nave of Exeter Cathedral. As far as we know, the effigieswere carved locally (i.e. in the West of England) in about 1350. They are in stone- probably limestone- andare fairly crudely carved compared with others of the same date. The gallery is still used by sections of ourchoir in big services- for examply the trebles sing from it in the main Christmas Day carol service. It is quitedeep, and will hold twenty people at least. Access to it is by a steep spiral staircase."

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Effigy of the bagpiper before restoration in 1976	Effigy of the bagpiper after restoration in 1976
West side of the Minstrel's Gallery after restoration	East side of the Minstrel's Gallery after restoration