'Old Cluny' provided Calum Piobair with a cottage as a reward for his many years of faithful service. The cottage is still there, situated on the braes of the River Spey just below the farm of 'Cat Lodge' (Catlaig in the Gaelic) and directly across the river from Cluny Castle.

      The cairn shown in the photograph was erected next to that cottage in memory of Calum Piobair. It is a 'Mecca' for modern pipers who are admirers of a grand master of their art. The 'tuft' of trees that appears in the distance on the ridge above and to the left of the cairn is known locally as 'Cluny's toothbrush'.

The translation of the Gaelic phrase on the plaque -- 'Leanaidh An Oibre Iad' -- is 'Their Work Will Follow Them'.

      Although he was retired from his position of Piper to the Chief when 'Old Cluny' died in 1886, he composed "The Lament for Cluny Macpherson ". His son, Angus tells us in his autobiography, A Highlander Looks Back, that in "its notes one can feel the passion and deep sincerity for the loss of his beloved master."