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Enggrön, Johannes

1864-1950

maker of bagpipes (&c.) mentioned by name

Lived on Lilla Rågö [Väike-Pakri], an island off the coast of Paldiski [W of Tallinn]; According to his son Andreas, he built (ca.1937) a sealskin bagpipe with a chanter from an older instrument; The drone-pipe was made by a neighbour; The whereabouts of this instrument is unknown.

Instrument: Torupill

Sources

Rehnberg, Mats: Säckpipan i Sverige ([The bagpipe in Sweden]). Stockholm, 1943, p.23-24, 65*.

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.238-239*, 249.