Chanter (-)
single chanter: conical, straight, no bell / double reed
"Compressed" schemes of fingerholes and keys are given for 2 types, each followed by as much as the computer field allows [?] of a full scheme of the actual division; Played with Closed fingering.
Conical, with 3 or 4 keys; D (d¹-d³); Also B, C, or E; It is an open pipe that is stopped on the knee for staccato playing, and has to be lifted to play its lowest note.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.86.
Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.2, 15.
Crowley, Tadhg: How to play the Irish Uillean [sic] pipes [1936]. Cork, 1974 [facsimile].