Sound Recording, [Northumberland]
Description
Archie Dagg, recorded at home [in Sharperton], talks about making Northumbrian small-pipes; explains process whilst working on a set of pipes [noise of lathe masks some of the conversation]; talks through what he is doing - tools, materials used, processes and techniques; importance of maintaining traditional pipe-making; importance of playing; tuning chanters; changes in pipe playing since the revival; Joe Hutton - pipe teacher and player; AD shows different drones (unfinished); drone reeds; AD's other musical instruments; decline in music-making at home, loss of music collections; Jock Davis; AD's tunes tape recorded; tuning the chanter; Tom Clough; Dick ?Mallet; early pipes; a day of piping [?location]; G. G. Armstrong; expression in playing; comments on Joe Hutton; plays Dick Mallet's pipes, including two Billy Pigg tunes. 3 of 8.
Metadata
| Identifier | tbmx1dlc |
| IRN | 414365 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A314r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tbmx1dlc |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Harrison, Stephen |
| Date | 13 November 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 50' 38". |