Byam Whitney Jr., 84, died April 25 in Nashua, N.H., after a brief illness.

Mr. Whitney, known as “Bing,” resided in Milton for most of his life.

Playing the bagpipes was one of his many interests. He wrote a song, “The Piper’s Salute to His Daughter,” after the birth of his first daughter, Laura.

His daughters lovingly remember the story their father told of briefly capturing the attention of Queen Elizabeth while playing the bagpipes along the route of her procession through Boston.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Miriam Whitney; his daughters, Laura Fidone and her husband, Joseph, of Amherst, N.H., Heather Whitney, of Framingham, and Gwendolyn D’Amico and her husband, Michael, of Nashua, N.H.; his grandchildren, Rachael Cooper, Madeline Cooper, Anthony D’Amico, Zachary D’Amico and Elizabeth D’Amico; and many nieces and nephews.