bagpipe

bagpipe is a double reed instrument or type of musical instrument.

Also recorded as pipes; cornemuse; musette; set of bagpipes.

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Overview

Reed wind instrument which in its commonest forms consists of a chanter and one or more drones, all supplied with air from the bag, which is compressed under the player’s arm to provide a constant pressure.

Sources

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q8347: bagpipe

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