What type of pipes are played in this recording?

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What type of pipes are played in this recording?

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Hello there. This is a recording of the Scottish folk song "Braw Lads o' Galla Water," which I believe is a Robert Burns poem set to music. This version is by a gentleman named Maurice Leger who lived the life of a medieval tinker. He passed away about five years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOdZ71_i7HI

There are some pipes played throughout this recording. Can you tell what kind they are? I thought they sounded like Scottish smallpipes or something similar. But there are passages where the chanter is silent and the drones continue, as with Northumbrian smallpipes.
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Sure sound like Northumbrian small pipes to me.

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Thanks. To me, the tone wasn't as "sweet" as other NSP I've heard, so I thought it might be a different instrument.
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RenaissanceGuy wrote:Thanks. To me, the tone wasn't as "sweet" as other NSP I've heard, so I thought it might be a different instrument.
I think you're just hearing poor recording quality. But there are a ton of different small pipes out there so it could be something other than Northumbria.

Although that's still my guess...

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They are definitely Northumbrian smallpipes
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