FW: oriental=Bulgarian

[Tom Kysilko]

I ran the Bulgarian=oriental bagpipe issue past my local bagpipe expert:

At 10:26 PM 2/26/2001 -0600, Dick Hensold wrote:
>According to Anthony Baines (in _Bagpipes_, Oxford, 1960) there are 4 main
>classes of bagpipes:
>   Primitive, found principally in the eastern Mediterranean;
>   Cylindrically-bored with single chanter reed, found principally in
eastern >Europe;
>   Conical bores and double reeds throughout, found in the Italian Zampogna;
>   Conically-bored chanter with double reed, found principally in western
>Europe.
>  (plus a couple of exceptions)
>So in this context, "oriental" apparently means "eastern".
>
>At 09:00 PM 2/26/01 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Dick,
>>The following was part of a discussion of the practical meaning of
>>"oriental", but do you have anything to contribute as a bagpipe maven?
>>--Tom
>>
>>>Date:         Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:29:04 -0500
>>>Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>>From: Bruce Dykes <bkd at GRAPHNET.COM>
>>>Subject:      oriental=Bulgarian
>>
>>>I was listening to a radio program the other night, and the guest was a
>>>musician who studies eastern European folk music...they ventured into
>>>discussing technical differences between Celtic bagpipes and Bulgarian
>>>pipes. The musician lumped the Bulgarian pipes into the family of "oriental
>>>bagpipes".
>>>
>>>bkd
>>>(less clear on the oriental concept than ever)
>>
>>
>>
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>Dick Hensold                   St. Paul, MN                    651/646-6581
>       Traditional Folk Music, Early Music, and Cambodian Music
>               Northumbrian smallpipes, recorder,
>         Medieval greatpipes,Swedish sackpipa, & beyaw.
>
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