A second recorder is then installed as a drone, which produces the continuous harmonizing note typical of bagpipes. A pair of pens are used to create the blowpipe which supplies air to the instrument.

The whole family of pipes are all based around very simple principals of a bag, chanter and drones. All these things ... The popular Great Highland Bagpipe is used the world over to lift the ...

1. The Scotsman newspaper warns that bagpipes face an ‘existential threat’. Their poor sales last year found them in the bottom three worst-selling instruments in the UK, along with the kazoo ...

With the resonating roll of drums and the continuous drone of bagpipes, a troupe of over a dozen men marches through the shopping centre, serenading the crowd with beloved classics like “Rudolph ...