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Söderström, Adam

1850-1927

bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name

A Swedish bagpipe maker and piper, who played the Torupill; Lived on Lilla Rågö [Väike-Pakri], an island off the coast of Paldiski [WSW of Tallinn]; The last piper of Rågö.
NB: ➺ Dromm, Drumm, Mun(n)docka, Stämma, Tapl-stock, Tappelhål, Tappelpipa, Tappelstyck, Tungpipa, Vasspipa, Vassrör, and Vass-stämma.

Instrument: Torupill


Sources

Rehnberg, Mats: Säckpipan i Sverige ([The bagpipe in Sweden]). Stockholm, 1943, p.23-24, 65*.

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.238-239*, 249.