Mother of all

anima · Post by **anima** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:48 pm

Here you go folks, the mother of all bagpipes.
Anyone speak french who can translate this for us?

http://bagpipe.free.fr/Bagpipes/article_vache.jpg

Jeff

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 6:01 pm

Interesting, to say the very least. Since the entire article is one large jpg image, the online language translators won't work.

Xeluis · Post by **Xeluis** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 7:25 pm

This instrument (" Bagpipe Cow") was made by a french bagpipe maker : "Henry Lefaure"... there are 2 ebony chanters + 5 drones , but I don't know how they can push on the bag (the body of the cow) and how they can inflate it (to swell it?)
it's officially the bigest bagpipe in the world !

Sorry for my english...

Loïc

ps: the name of the Cow was "Noctule"... R-I-P

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 7:39 pm

Loïc, your English is perfect.
Thanks for the help. Yeah, what do you think they use to pump air into the bag?

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:00 am

These bags are usually rested against a wall and the player pushes his back against it,good old fashioned puff to blow it up.Once inflated it is relatively easy to keep it so!!Examples of this type of bagpipe are found throughout Europe.
Slan go foill
Liam

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:15 am

Holy Cow.

jqpublick · Post by **jqpublick** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 5:39 pm

"Here... try THIS one out.... whaddya mean, yer afraid ta play it? Hey, come back!!! ....bloody cow-ards...."

sorry, couldn't resist

Mark