Uilleann pipe(s) (plurale tantum)
Bagpipe, bellows-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 6 drones in 1 stock)
From "uille" [elbow]; Encountered pronunciations of Uilleann: "illen" (rhyming with "villain" [sic]) and "ill-yin"; Incorrectly spelt "Uillean pipe(s)" in Baines (Bagpipes/Woodwind), Leydi, Sachs (Handbuch), and too many other sources to include a complete list; The instrument is known since the 18th century; Its name, today universally used, was first applied in the early 20th century; According to Manson, "Both the Irish and the Northumbrian pipes have […] been elaborated until they have almost ceased to be bagpipes"; NB¹ (plurale tantum): The term is also used when referring to 1 instrument only. There appears to be little consensus of opinion, however, whether the name should be written in the singular or plurale tantum form; NB²: ➺ Set (of pipes) [types]; NB³: ➺ Electronic pipes.
A great variety in pitches can be found, most of them Flat sets (i.e. below Concert pitch; ➺ Types); All measures, &c. given here (➺ Parts) refer to an instrument in D; NB: The bottom or fundamental note of the chanter is called ‘D’, irrespective of its actual pitch (This custom is also common among flute and whistle players).
Elbow pipes, Irish organ, Napìopaì, Organ pipes, Píb uillinne, Pìob uilinn, Pìob uillean(n), Píob uillinne / Pìob-uilne, Pìob-shionnaich, Píopaí, Pípaí, Swollen bagpipe, Uileann pipe, Ullan-piobe / Ullan pipes, Union pipe(s), Woolen bagpipe, Woollen pipe(s)
Bag, Baritone drone, Bass bar, Bass drone, Bellows, Cap, Chanter, Dos, Gwill, Main stock, Regulator, Separator, Stock cup, Tenor drone, Top piece
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Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Uilleann [only]).
Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.120 (Uillean*).
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.83 (Uillean*).
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.354, 370 (Uillean*).
Sachs, Curt: Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde [1920]. Leipzig, 1930 (2), p.353.
Baines, Anthony: Woodwind instruments and their history [1957]. With a foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. London, 1962 (2), p.350 (Uillean*).
Breathnach, Breandán: The Irish pipes. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.4.
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.29 & passim.
Manson, W.L. [William Laird]: The Highland bagpipe: its history, literature and music, with some account of the traditions, superstitions, and anecdotes relating to the instrument and its tunes (Paisley & London, 1901). Wakefield, 1977 [facsimile], p.68.
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (Uillean*).
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.24 (»various), 48.
♫ Ceırníní Cladaıġ CC11 (The drones and the chanters: Irish pipering [1971; Sleeve text: Anthony Baines]).
Ricros, André: La contrainte des murs. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.292.
ws (pronunciations & remark on incorrect spelling)