"AngusTurrah"  ( Bagpipes Mark I )

`AngusTurrah ` is an instrument designed to replicate the sound of the Great Highland Bagpipes. Designed and built in my workshop , Angus has been used to entertain at Burns` Night formal dinners.

Like the Great Highland Pipes, it has nine chanter note reeds and three drone reeds.

The chanter notes, from bottom to top, are nominally G,A,B,C#,D,E, F#,G, and high A. This means that, in reality, the true scale is something similar to that of an orchestral B flat.

The nearest equivalent scale would thus be Ab, Bb, C, C#, D#, F, F#, Ab and A.

They are tuned in a harmonic mixolydian scale, with A= 470Hz (Normal concert pitch has A= 440Hz)

Two of the Drone reeds play Tenor A, (Ab) - one octave below the low A on the chanter. These are pitched to give an undulating beat. The third Drone reed plays Bass A, one octave lower still.

Angus has a blower delivering 9 inches Water Gauge (WG) of wind. The reed pallets are operated by MIDI control. The music is supplied on MIDI files played on a Floppy-disk player.

" McLoud "  ( Bagpipes mark II )

This second pipes project is currently being built in my workshop. The instrument is MIDI controlled and plays an actual Great Highland Bagpipe.

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