bagpipe

Local name: dudy
Classification: 4 Aerophones / 42 Wind instruments proper / 422 Reedpipes / 422.2 Reedpipes with single reeds (clarinets) / 422.21 Individual reedpipes with single reeds / 422.211 With cylindrical bore / 422.211.2 With fingerholes / 422.211.2 + 422.211-62 Single-reed chanter with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes + single-reed drone with cylindrical bore, flexible air reservoir for all pipes
Maker: Domagała Franciszek
Date: 1969
Village / Town: Zbąszyń
Region: Greater Poland
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/S/31
Description: an instrument with bellows; cylindrical pipes: a chanter (fingerholes 6+1) and a double bend drone, both ending in conical, arched horn-metal bells (made from wood covered with leather and combined with metal in the case of the chanter; made from horn combined with metal in the case of the drone); trapezoidal bag made from pieces of leather, first cut, then sewn together
Decoration: the connector between the chanter and the bag has the shape of a stylized goat head, with horns of bone and metal applications; metal rings on the pipes; leather fringes on the bag, studded bellow
Measurements: chanter 210 mm, drone 272 mm, bag 382 mm
Sound compass, tuning: B♭: f' – a' – b♭' – c'' – d'' – e♭'' – f'' – g''
Performance practice: traditional component of Greater Poland folk bands
Catalog card by: Maria Gangi / Zbigniew J. Przerembski
Design (PDF)


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