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Posting for friend. These were stolen in San Francisco, California. flute and concertina were stolen from The Plough and Stars pub last night after our gig. the Concertina was a Wheatstone Anglo concertina no: 30439 and the flute was an early Grinter circa 2000. They were in a unique leather case th...

Bagpipe in the medieval style by Julian Goodacre. In G. Has double holes for low F or F#. Plays well. Great for Renaissance or medieval festivals or events.

$1200

Buyer pays shipping. Pipe is located in Berkeley, California.

contact: brunokev@hotmail.com

Bagpipe in the medieval style by Julian Goodacre. In G. Has double holes for low F or F#. Plays well. Great for Renaissance or medieval festivals or events.

$1200

Buyer pays shipping. Pipe is located in Berkeley, California.

contact: brunokev@hotmail.com

I have no idea of the fingering. I first saw this video on the Lowland Border Piping Society, where they said they were made by Jon Swayne.

Jon Swayne

The book ‘Playing the Bagpipes’ by Bernard Boulanger is a good start. And it is recommended by the Bagpipe Society as an ideal tutor for Swayne pipes in G.

http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/play-the-bagpipes/

I have taken bagpipes from the Us to Europe several times without problems, but the last time was in 2008.

The Swayne style pipes have a chanter with upper and lower thumb hole like some French pipes, yes?
If so, I'm much in agreement with ChasR, although there are occasions when it would be nice to have both a whole step and a half step for the lower leading tone.

The Bal Folk book unfortunately does not have many of the recently composed tunes that were in Massif Central.

The Lark Camp music library page has a good collection:
http://www.larkcamp.com/LarkLibrary/French/French.html

Also this may be a good resource:

http://www.frenchtradmusic.com/

If I were going to play in D minor on a C gaita I'd try to tune the drone to D. However usually if I was playing in minor on a C gaita I'd play in C minor.

I'm the greater SF bay area I'd say it was the gaita. There are at least 10 that come to mind without thinking too hard.

I've been playing a rauschpfeife about 6 months. Was inspired by medieval & renaissance music.