One of Scotland's leading bagpipes manufacturers is marching to the oblivion of liquidation.

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Hardie and Weatherston was founded in 1950 by champion bagpipers Bob Hardie and John Weatherston. The company's pipes were awarded a royal warrant, featured in a hit Paul McCartney song, "Mull of Kintyre" and played by military pipe bands from Scotland to India.

In fact, Hardie pipes are the equivalent of Steinway pianos, Robbie Wallace, principal of the Scottish Piping College, told the BBC.

But the company, sold to a new owner last year, has fallen on hard times.

Maureen Leslie, the liquidator appointed by the Glasgow Sheriff Court, said she explored ways to save Hardie and Weatherston. But she said that cash-flow problems made liquidation the only viable option.