Sound Recording, [Northumberland]
Description
Archie Dagg, recorded at home [in Sharperton], talks about making Northumbrian small-pipes; woods used for chanters; positioning of keys; interest in carving and music; family's musical traditions; hornpipes; own compositions; learning pipe playing with Billy Pigg; Northumbrian and Highland pipes compared; having a good ear; use of bellows; what makes a good piper; piping styles; pipe-making techniques; describes his own methods, materials used and processes involved; reed making - materials, size and setting; plays a set of pipes made by himself; drone stock and chanter stock, positioning of the reed; no apprentice pipe-makers; drills and the turning of drones; playing style, differences from Irish and Scottish pipes; plays own composition ( 'Foxglove Hornpipe'); chanters. 2 of 8.
Metadata
| Identifier | k4wnzv2h |
| IRN | 414364 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A313r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/k4wnzv2h |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Harrison, Stephen |
| Date | 12 November 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 72' 52". |