"Oldest musical pipe they've found was in a Neanderthal camp in present day Slovenia, at least 43000 years old, maybe twice that.

Mind, there's no evidence that it's a bagpipe chanter - but for all we know it could have been... "

Dear dear Brother McGrath... anyone who has struggled to make a reed would doupt that mousterian culture could produce a read when they could not yet make a bivalve stone blade! A flute is another matter. Cheers Larry