Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

Phil D · Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 3

Hi everyone,

My first post.
I've been reading through the wealth of information on this forum and wanted to say thanks to everyone who has contributed, I'm learning lots. Can't quite put it into practice yet, but I do have a set of sackpipa on order from Mr Hamon, which is very exciting.

Anyway I found this clip on youtube of Gunhild Carling playing Amazing Grace supposedly on Sackpipa? Its not very traditional, but it is a lot of fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd-_eoAXw6U

But from the looks of the chanter she is playing i'm not sure it is a sackpipa. Anyone care to comment?

Phil

favrepipes · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver

That looks to be a set of french cornemuse du centre minus the medium drone. I am in the process of making one of these and the chanter looks and sounds identical.

Phil D · Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 3

Ah French okay. Rookie mistake! They sound great nonetheless.

Phil

Olle · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

Bagpipes from central France have a drone in the same stock as the chanter and a bass drone over the shoulder. This has no parallell drone and the bass drone points forward. Looks German or Flemish to me.
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favrepipes · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver

Olle, you're probably right and I have to admit that I haven't explored Flemish or German pipes much. Just for the record though, I have seen bass drones pointing forward on some french pipes as shown here http://jeanblanchardb.free.fr/Cornemuses/Bechonnet_1871.html#0 . The similarity between the chanters is uncanny and I'd be curious to find out how they differ inside.

o_gaiteiro_do_chicago · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject:

Looks and sounds like a single drone schäferpfeife. And based on the turning for the blowpipe and drone it's probably the work of Alban.

Iris · Joined: 12 Jan 2012 Posts: 2 Location: Netherlands

I am sure it is a Flemisch pipe. They have the drone forwards and it is also seen on old painting by Breugel, called Boerenbruiloft.

Nic · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 38 Location: Québec

Modern flemish and french pipes have the same lenght and bore for a definite tonality, since the work of Remy Dubois and Bernard Blanc in the '70, so the distinction is only on the disposition and number of drones...(we could add to this the borderpipes of Jon Swayne)

My 2 cents Wink

Black Rose · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:42 pm Post subject:

How did I miss this performance? Just glad I did.

If I hear Amazing Grace one more time on one more bagpipe I'll impale myself on my blowpipe and end the pain...
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