The contents are as follows: Volume containing 418 marches, hornpipes, and jigs, 235 strathspeys and reels, and 14 piobaireachd, 1687 (Acc.8396, number 1);

Volume containing a small collection of marches and dances by Duncan Fergusson, 1884 (Acc.8396, number 2);

Collection of 164 strathspeys and reels, and one piobaireachd (lament for Cluny Macpherson, ‘composed by Malcolm Macpherson, 1885’), 19th century (Acc.8396, number 3);

Collection of about 200 marches given in 1909 by Thomas Cockburn, Portobello, to George Cockburn, Craigmillar (Acc.8396, number 4);

Notebook containing 30 marches and dances arranged for bagpipes, though some originally for other instruments (Acc.8396, number 7);

Volume containing 32 marches, 4 strathspeys, and 6 reels, compiled by Pipe Major J H R Tinsdale, after 1945 (Acc.8396, number 8);

Manuscript transcript (1878) of O’Farrell’s ‘National Irish music for the union pipes’ (Acc.8396, number 12).

The dates are taken from the record for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.