Bass drone
low drone, adjustable: cylindrical, bent, no bell, no cavity / single reed
To "reduce" the length, the butt piece has a double (trumpet-like) bend (➺ Absolute / Relative length), the tuning piece one 180° bend; When tuning, its pitch is tested against that of the tenor and baritone drones.
Pitch: D; ca. 1200 mm; Butt piece: 3 joints, connected by 2 metal bends, held together by metal straps.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.86.
Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.18.