Artisan bagpipe maker Ruari Black, the last traditional bagpipe-makers who make everything by hand from start to finish, works a bagpipe chanter in the workshop of Kilberry Bagpipes in Edinburgh, on October 7, 2024. The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in northern France on D-Day. But the wind instrument is slowly growing silent as demand dwindles and machine-made bagpipes replace traditionally crafted ones, consigning their use to largely ceremonial occasions. Ruari Black is one of only a few remaining craftsmen in Edinburgh who knows how to make the instrument by hand. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)