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[OC Richard]

Could the (chanter) lying on its side be cocus?

If bagpipes or chanters are pre-WWII they're probably cocus or ebony.

If bagpipes or chanters are pre-1900 they're almost certainly cocus or ebony.

African Blackwood wasn't offered by most pipemakers (including Henderson) until around 1900, and even then it was not the norm.

By the 1950s African Blackwood had become standard and pipers nowadays imagine that it was always so.

I don't know how many times pipers have told me that their old pipes are African Blackwood when they're actually cocus or ebony.