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Alternatively, the uilleann pipes were certainly a favourite of the upper classes in Scotland, Ireland and the North-East of England and were fashionable for a time in formal social settings, where the term Union pipes may also originate. [8] The term "uilleann pipes" is first attested at the beginning of the 20th century.
Pastoral pipes: Although the exact origin of this keyed, or un-keyed chanter and keyed drones (regulators), pipe is uncertain, it was developed into the modern Uilleann bagpipe. Yorkshire bagpipes, known in Shakespeare's time, but now extinct; Lincolnshire bagpipes, a one-drone pipe extinct by 1850, with one reproduction made in the modern era
In the first half of the 20th century, it was very common to play pipes with only one tenor drone; the reason for this is discussed below. Several attempts were made to improve the pipes; the most successful was the London pipe maker Starck's "Brian Boru" bagpipe , with a keyed chanter that could play a full range of traditional music and a ...
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The vibrating element of a bagpipe reed. Reeds can be single or double; generally speaking, chanter reeds are double and drone reeds single. The blade is also known sometimes as a tongue. Blowpipe The pipe through which the bag is inflated. Bombarde A shawm-like instrument traditionally played in duet with the bagpipe in Brittany. Bottom D
A detail from the Cantigas de Santa Maria showing bagpipes with one chanter and a parallel drone (Spain, 13th century). On this Bulgarian gajda, the chanter is the short gray pipe at the top, while the drone is the long three-section pipe. A detail from a painting by Hieronymus Bosch showing two bagpipers (15th century).
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Robert Reid was also active in making Union Pipes; the precursor to modern Uilleann pipes. Union pipes early-19th century keyed D-Chanter; by the pipe maker Robert Reid. Henry Clough (I) was known to play a Reid set of Union pipes including regulators; surviving parts of this set are now in private hands. [6]