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Woollen pipe(s)

plural: = singular
Uilleann pipe(s)

Incorrect spelling. mentioned in several sources, of Shakespeare's Woolen bagpipe; On the basis of this misreading, Baines claims that the instrument is "no doubt a bagpipe with the fleece of the bag showing"; NB (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] (Woollen pipes).

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.120, 134 (Woollen pipe).

Breathnach, Breandán: Folk music and dances of Ireland [1971, revised 1977]. Dublin, 1983, p.77 [NB: in 1st ed.: p.82].