Double Scottish Smallpipes

My new Double Scottish Smallpipes prototype, two Gibson chanters in a custom bag & stocks by Yuri Terenyi. The tunes are The Last Of The Great Whales and an the first part of an Irish jig. This instrument is basically a revival of a common English and Cornish Renaissance bagpipe, but using normal Scottish fingering.

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Music

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• richard
• cook
• cornish
• cornwall
• renaissance
• bagpipe
• bagpipes
• doublepipes
• chanters

[pancelticpiper]

That's what's cool about this sort of bagpipe, the "virtual drone". I can play any tune using normal Scottish fingering and one chanter or the other is always playing Low A, a result of the GHB's partially closed fingering system. But then at will I can play in two-part harmony, though the notes available are very limited.

[pancelticpiper]

I was inspired by the Renaissance-period Cornish Doublepipes, rather than the Italian bagpipes. In the Renaissance period double-chanter pipes were common in Britain and in many places in Western Europe (not just Italy).

[pancelticpiper]

Texasbagpiper, these are just ordinary Gibson long polypenco practice chanters. At the time I made these videos they were playing rather flat of B flat, but now I've brought this set up to Concert B flat.

[pancelticpiper]

Those are Gibson long practice chanters. I don't know if the Gibson "Fireside" chanters are different in sound etc.

[Alosnup]

You are a genius!! I love that invention!

[DenverMcHaggis]

What a creative instrument! Thank you for posting! Sounds great!

[michaeljking]

very interesting, have you covered some of the holes with tape?

[Uuuurk]

Several bagpipemakers have made cornish bagpipes for several years

[bayerasa]

Does anyone notice that there's no Drones?

[MrHoohoodragon]

@kupamon It probably is, but I think it will take so much air pressure that the player will collapse after a minute of playing. It's hard enough to play on one chanter and three drones as it is!

[piperscott081295]

richard u gota make me a set!!!! ;) Sláinte - Aaron

[aldospav]

HELLO!! I do not put in doubt that is a beautiful instrument, But this Double Scottish SmallPipe, is not other that a imitation of the " Zampogna Zoppa" (Italian) this instrument is much ancient one, in fact it exists from many centuries in Italy… Its characteristic is of having 2 chanter and 1 drone!