These pipes were used as a model for new instruments, made by James Robertson of Edinburgh, during the revival of the Border pipes in the 1920s – such an instrument is shown at. These were given a different drone configuration from the original, however; Milburn's pipes had a bass drone, together with two tenors an octave above it, while the Robertson pipes had a bass, a baritone drone a fifth higher, and a tenor at the octave.
