Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

[Olle]

Here are a few pictures from my talk on bagpipe history in Visby last week.

With the help of some friends, I managed to put together a small exhibition of bagpipes from different parts of Europe and North Africa.
There were 18 instruments in total:

3 Säckpipas (one traditional, one bellows-blown and one electronic)
1 Dalslandspipa
1 Macedonian Gajda
2 Irish Uilleann pipes (half-sets)
1 Scottish smallpipe
1 Northumbrian smallpipe
1 Estonian Torupill
1 Russian Volynka
1 French Biniou Koz
1 French Bechonnet
1 Praetorius reconstruction
1 German Shapferpfeiff
1 Tunisian Zukra
1 Italian Zampogna
1 Spanish Gaita (Galega)

I felt like a kid in a candy store! :-)






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