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Finished and Kit
Medieval Bagpipes |
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RWC Bagpipes
Our Bagpipes are available in four versions.
Our rustic bagpipes do not have any drones, being in the true sense of
the word a bag pipe. We use top quality tanned leather for the stitched bag into
which are tied the stocks for the blowpipe and chanter in g.
Our Medieval bagpipes follow the description of English pipes with a
single drone found in Chaucer's prologue (1386). It has a single drone in G, the
chanter in g and a blowpipe fitted into stocks tied into a quality tanned
leather stitched by.
Our Renaissance Bagpipes is based in the treatise Syntagma Musicum by
Praetorius where clearly shows a set of bagpipes with two drones in several
sections with the chanter flared suggesting a conical bore. It has two drones,
one in 3 sections (d) and one in 4 sections (G), a conical bored chanter (g')
and a blowpipe.
Our Smallpipes are based on the Hummelchen in Praetorius' Syntagma
Musicum which shows a mouth blown set of small pipes with a small parallel bored
chanter and two drones. We have scaled the chanter to the key of d' and the two
drones to d & G. The three plastic reeds for both the chanter and the drones are
set to operate on a light bag pressure making our smallpipes easy to play and
particularly suitable for the first time player.
Each instrument is hand built to special order by in
house craftsmen in our own workshops in Toledo (Spain) and comes with 12
months warranty.
A soft padded bag or fitted hard case are available as
optional extras if required.
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