Walpipe / Wal-pipe (gender unknown)
Bagpipe (unknown type)
One of the 2 bagpipe types of the Sami (Lapps), noted by late 18th century researchers (➺ Sakpipe); In Joseph Cooper Walker, »Historical memoirs of the Irish bards«, Vol. 1 (Dublin, 1786), edition 1818, [a certain] Colonel Vallancey quotes a Mr. Barrington, who wrote about the instrument in the »Minutes of the Antiquarian Society of London«, 10th of May, 1770, adding that in his [i.e. Vallancey’s] opinion "the Wal-pipe of the Finns seems to be the Mala-pioba of the Irish. Mala is a bag, i.e. the Bagpipe. Ceola-mhala, the musical Bag. Mala, in its inflexions, makes Mhala, pronounced Wala)". In his »National music of Ireland« (London, 1850 [2nd edition]), p.114-115 (notes), Michael Conran also quotes Vallancey, oddly, however (within the same context), the term "meola-chala [sic!], the musical bag, (pron. wala)", instead.
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.34.
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.29.
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.26 (»O’Neill).
Conran, Michael: The national music of Ireland, containing the history of the Irish bards, the national melodies, the harp, and other musical instruments of Erin [1846]. London & Manchester, 1850 (2), p.115 (wal-pipe: »Col. Vallancey).
Walker, Joseph C. [Cooper]: Historical memoirs of the Irish bards, 1 (Dublin, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]), ed. 1818, p.105-106 (wal-pipe: »Col. Vallancey).