Electronic bagpipe, developed in the late 1970s by electronics engineer and piper Bazzell Ray Cowan (1937-1996) of Austin, Texas; According to Wikipedia it was "The first practical electronic bagpipe with an authentic pipe sound [presumably of the Scottish Highland Pipe; ws]; NB¹: ➺ my remark to Keltronic; NB²: ➺ Electronic pipes (Remarks & Sources).