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Ceilidh small pipe(s)

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 4 drones in 1 stock)

No identical types known (yet).

Name introduced by Gibson Bagpipes (Nashua, NH, USA). for a Parlor pipe with 4 drones (1 bass, 2 baritone and 1 tenor), which can be retuned, by means of "inserts", according to one of the 2 chanters (in A and E) delivered with it; NB (plurale tantum): The term is also used when referring to 1 instrument only.


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Gibson Bagpipes (NB: ➺ also Fireside pipe(s)).
Jerry Gibson (tutorial, part 1).
Quicksteps on Gibson Ceilidh pipes (Name of piper not mentioned).