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Organ pipes (plurale tantum)

Uilleann pipe(s)

Term privately used by William ("Willie") Rowsome, Leo's father; NB (plurale tantum): The term is also used when referring to 1 instrument only.

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Woodwind instruments and their history [1957]. With a foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. London, 1962 (2), p.350.

♫ Ceırníní Cladaıġ CC11 (The drones and the chanters: Irish pipering [1971; Sleeve text: Anthony Baines]).