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Electric bagpipe
This electric bagpipe was the prototype for a proposed commercially manufactured version. The controller is fashioned from an actual bagpipe practice chanter, having had the finger holes replaced by electroconductive metal pads. The bagpipe is designed to be powered by a nine volt battery, and currently is connected to a power adapter. There are separate on and off switches for the chanter and the drones, individual knobs to control their tuning, and an overall volume control. The unit has two small internal speakers, as well as a headphone outlet.
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1975–85 - Maker:
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College of Piping - Inventory number:
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Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:531.2 Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments with solid state circuitry (transistor and/or analogue integrated circuitry) generating and/or processing electric sound signals
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:531.2 Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments with solid state circuitry (transistor and/or analogue integrated circuitry) generating and/or processing electric sound signals
- Repository:College of Piping