Surprise with the US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Tartan

[Barb T]

I have learned some interesting things, eg the U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band (aka Lady Jane), STA #2437 has a pretty-well documented history. For details see the url in cajunscot's post (#13). It is identically described on both the STA and SRT web pages, though the threadcount notation is different. A comment on this tartan from Strathmore was, "it has through universal usage, become widely accepted by servicemen and their families with US Air Force connections as a representative tartan design." The STA comment on the Lady Jane was simply, "The correct tartan is #2437 ...". I think that in the context of the our exchange "correct" meant it is the preferred tartan over the U.S. 2001 Air Force.
.

OK - so I feel like I'm not explaining the issue here. Strathmore and STA apparently both say that the correct tartan is 2437, but what Strathmore is weaving right now is NOT the tartan that is shown in the Registry as 2437. The 2437 in the Registry has a DARK BLUE STRIPE between the red and the light blue. What Strathmore is weaving (which apparently they also think of as 2437) has the red directly next to the light blue. And their pair of dark blue stripes is more narrowly spaced than in the sett in the Registry. What Strathmore is weaving is NOT the sett that is listed in the Registry as tartan #2437.

On the left - tartan 2437 woven exactly according to what is in the Registry. On the right, what Strathmore says is also tartan 2437, which is clearly not what is in the Registry as 2437:



So, I still ask, is the one in the Registry wrong or is there a long-standing weaving error at Strathmore????