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    Barry Shears is an expert on the traditional Cape Breton piping, he's written a book on it I think. Here's a thread where he discusses the Cape Breton piping history

    http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/.../t-113208.html

    About the Cornish Doublepipes, some of the carvings show a single drone, some show no drones. No actual instruments exist so all our modern Cornish pipes are based on one or more of these carvings.

    http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/countr.../altarnun.html
    Last edited by OC Richard; 14th April 13 at 06:01 AM.
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