England: history of the pipe and tabor
'Regency' instruments (1790-1829)
1797 sale of goods: included “Several capital hautboys, clarinets, and a tabor and pipe.”  Chester Courant - Tuesday 04 July 1797 |
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1798 advertisement: ‘Regiments furnished with complete Sets of Instruments in one hour’s notice’. Star, 15 November 1798 |
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1805 A sale of goods including ‘Bells tabor and pipe’ |
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1805 Sales by Auction included: |
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| 1807 advertised for 2nd January A sale of goods, imported by ship, which included wine, fabrics, haberdashery and musical instruments , including a pipe and tabor. Madras Courier - Wednesday 31 December 1806 (India) |
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1811 from an encyclopaedia printed in London  Rees’ Cyclopedia: Plate XI, ‘Musical Instruments’ |
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 pipe 1801 - 1900 France Dolmetsch Collection |
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| 1827 James Cowlan Music Establishment, 39 Whitechapel: A Wonderful Reduction in the Prices of Music and Musical Instruments His long list of goods advertised includes Pandean Pipes : Pipes and Tabours Monday 08 October 1827 |
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1828 Part of the description of the pipe and tabor: "...They are both used at the same time, the Pipe by the left hand, the Tabor by the right; ‘A musical manual, or, Technical directory : containing full and perspicuous explanations of all the terms, ancient and modern, used in the harmonic art : descriptions of the various voices and instruments, their powers and characters : with incidental remarks on the principal excellences of vocal and instrumental composition and performance’ by Busby, Thomas
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