War pipe / War-pipe
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 3 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 2 drones in 2 stocks)
Already known in the 8th century?; Played in bands only; According to Podnos "obsolete [Obviously intending "extinct", instead !; ws], 16th century?"; There appears to be little consensus of opinion regarding the correct spelling (singular form or plural only, hyphenated or not).
2 inclined drones.
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Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.116 (War-pipe).
García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.124.
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], passim (Warpipe).
Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.139 (War-pipe).
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (War pipe 2: »Baines; »Grove, 5th ed.).
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974 (War pipe), p.24 (»Baines; »Cocks (Grove)), 36.