Dall, Roderick ("Rory")
?-?piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Described as "a fine player" who came, ca.1610, from Sutherland and became piper to the Mackenzies of Gairloch; NB: In his »Diſſertation on the Scottiʃh muʃic« [in »The history of Edinburgh«, edited by Hugo Arnot (Edinburgh, 1st ed.1779), p.624-642] William Tytler refers to him as "The laʃt of theʃe ʃtrolling harpers" [sic]; Father of Iain Dall Mackay of Gairloch ("Blind John").
Instrument: Highland bagpipe
MacLellan, John: The pipers’ handbook: a complete non musical guide for the piper to all aspects of the great Highland bagpipe, including: maintenance; the altering and setting of reeds; how to set up a bagpipe; information about pipers of past eras; etc., etc. London, 1964, p.29 (Blind Roderick).
Ritson, Joseph: A historical essay on Scotish [sic] song, I (London, MDCCXIV [1714]) & II (London, MDCCXCIV [1794]), p.cxii, note 113 (»Tytler).