Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898
by quickthrower2 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:49AM
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I noticed it was a bagpipe but wondered if it is a single animals skin, or generally how was it made?
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898
by afandian on Thursday September 02, 2021 @06:15AM
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Generally you hollow out a goat, then stick blow-pipes, chanters, drones or stitch closed the arms and legs.
I don't know what kind of pipe this is, but compare to the French Bodega and Bulgarian Kaba Gaida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaba_gaida#/media/File:Bulgari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_(bagpipe)#/media/File:B...
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898
by 618033988749894 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:21AM
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It's probably a goat, maybe a sheep. But yeah, I've seen (and heard) a bagpipe made out of a single goat skin. It was Bulgarian, I think. The skin seemed completely intact, except for where the head and feet were replaced by pipes.