bagpipe

Local name: koza (goat)
Classification: 4 Aerophones / 42 Wind instruments proper / 422 Reedpipes / 422.2 Reedpipes with single reeds (clarinets) / 422.22 Sets of reedpipes with single reeds / 422.22-7+422.211-62 set of chanter, drones with cylindrical bore, chanter with fingerholes + single-reed drone with cylindrical bore, flexible air reservoir for all pipes
Maker: Skupień Tomasz
Date: 2000
Village / Town: Zakopane
Region: Carpathian area (Podhale / The Tatra Foothills)
Country: Poland
Owner: Musical Instrument Museum, department of the National Museum in Poznań
Inventory number: MNP I 1907
Description: a mouth blown instrument; four voices, with a short triple chanter-drone pipes (5+1 fingerholes) and a long drone pipe; all pipes with cylindrical bores; bag made from a goat's whole skin with hair on the inside
Measurements: the triple pipe 184 mm
Materials: wood, leather, metal
Sound compass, tuning: F: c': f': g' – a' – b♭'/b' – c'' – d'' (now stabilized, formerly different scales and tunings)
Performance practice: formerly played solo (by shepherds, wandering musicians), nowadays in the folk revival, sometimes included in Podhale bands. The ability to build and play the Podhale bagpipe was included on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Catalog card by: Janusz Jaskulski / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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