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Highland pipe(s)

plural: ➺ Remarks
Highland bagpipe

Frequently used term [in Scotland only?]; Ritson mentions it as the "old highland pipe" (versus the bellows-blown "pipe at preſent uſed in the low country, or ſouth of Scotland" [NB¹: ➺ Lowland pipes); NB² (plurale tantum): The term is also used when referring to 1 instrument only.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.115, 117.

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.374.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Baines; »Grove, 5th ed.).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, index: p.29 [?], 36 & passim.

Ritson, Joseph: A historical essay on Scotish [sic] song, I (London, MDCCXIV [1714]) & II (London, MDCCXCIV [1794]), p.cxi & cxiv.

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Archive.org (Ritson [Find highland pipe: ➺ Pages n108 (= p.cxi) & n109 (= p.cxiv) [2x]]