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Drone key

key to switch air supply for all drones on/off (in 1 go)

No identical types known (yet).
Main stock

Fitted on the Main stock, used to switch the air supply for all 3 drones on/off (in 1 go).

Stopkey (drones)

Sources

Breathnach, Breandán: The Irish pipes. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.3.

Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.2.