▁those ▁of ▁the ▁minor ▁or ▁pla int ive ▁description . ▁The ▁beautiful ▁harm ony ▁produced ; ▁the ▁sweet ▁and ▁mel anch oly ▁appeal ings ▁of ▁the ▁upper ▁notes , ▁and ▁the ▁sub du ed ▁t ones ▁of ▁the ▁ch an ters , ▁render ▁the ▁Union ▁P ipes ▁infinitely ▁superior ▁to ▁the ▁Scot ch ▁bag pipe ; ▁the ▁sc ream ing . ▁sc ree ch ing , ▁te ar away ▁y ells ▁of ▁which , ▁res emble ▁the ▁wild ▁w ail ings ▁of ▁some ▁angry ▁h urr icane ▁or , ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁more ▁hum ble ▁figure , ▁the ▁c ater wa uling ▁of ▁a ▁thousand ▁ill - condition ed ▁c ats ." ▁On ▁another ▁occasion ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁a ▁dinner ▁party ▁hosted ▁by ▁Sir ▁Walter ▁Scott ▁- ▁Scott ▁had ▁also ▁engaged ▁two ▁High land ▁pip ers , ▁who ▁" par aded ▁up ▁and ▁down ▁the ▁room ▁giving ▁vent ▁to ▁their ▁un ear th ly ▁music , ▁and ▁sc ream ing ▁out ▁their ▁t unes ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁hor rid ▁way ▁that ▁put ▁a ▁stop ▁to ▁all ▁familiar ▁conversation ". ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁for ▁sure ▁who ▁made ▁his ▁pip es , ▁but ▁he ▁does ▁state ▁that ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁get ▁them ▁rep a ired ▁by ▁' Mr . ▁Re ed ▁of ▁North ▁Sh ield s ' ▁who ▁made ▁Union ▁pip es ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁North umb rian ▁pip es ; ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁had ▁them ▁rep a ired ▁by ▁their ▁mak er . ▁Given ▁the ▁apparent ▁date ▁of ▁this