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Bagpipes can kill you. Who knew?

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Posted on August 23, 2016 at 10:41:59
jec01
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 We've all heard countless bagpipe jokes over the years, but it turns out that the darn things can literally kill you.

Happy listening,

Jim

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I learned this in college. , posted on August 23, 2016 at 13:21:24
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 My theory/composition professor told us about it...something like "You think YOU'VE got it tough...bagpipers can be killed by a fungus that grows in the bag!" This is the first time I've heard about it since, about 25 years now. You'd think it would be more on players' radar as serious as it can be.

dh

 

I think everybody knows those things ought to be outlawed [nt], posted on August 23, 2016 at 15:43:11
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I hear ya'! (nt, posted on August 23, 2016 at 16:46:48
genungo
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Always suspected they can kill the listener, posted on August 23, 2016 at 17:28:32
Jay Buridan
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 But didn't realize they can kill the player, as well :)

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― W.C. Fields

 

I understand the bagpipes are genetically linked to the accordion., posted on August 23, 2016 at 18:48:00
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 The accordion being the sanitary superior.

A gentleman knows how to play either but defers to play both.

Sad but true.

 

RE: I understand the bagpipes are genetically linked to the accordion., posted on August 23, 2016 at 21:16:02
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 Some wag once defined an accordian as a bagpipe with pleats.


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RE: I learned this in college. , posted on August 23, 2016 at 22:50:24
belyin
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 This fungus is apparently a threat to horn and reed players as well. A great saxophonist friend of mine suffered from lung problems (scarring from pneumonia) and other health issues for years. He passed away two years ago. We have no evidence that mold caused his problems, but this article makes me wonder . . .

 

Can you imagine being trapped in a small room with one?, posted on August 24, 2016 at 12:45:20
oldmkvi
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 What?
I can't hear you...

 

RE: Bagpipes can kill you. Who knew?, posted on August 25, 2016 at 09:35:18
oldmkvi
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 It's True!!!

 

This Raises the Question......, posted on August 25, 2016 at 19:51:18
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 Do bagpipe players regularly clean their instruments?

If the answer is "yes", maybe the problem wasn't the instrument, but the player's improper maintenance.

If you watch footage of classical orchestral performances, you'll see the wind and brass musicians cleaning their instruments *during* the performance. Long-enough passages in which they aren't playing.

 

well, if any of you had been paying attention, it's due to , posted on August 26, 2016 at 02:30:56
Timbo in Oz
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 environment.

Sitting there in the article.

The only place I hear bagpipe jokes is here.

At the Australian War Memorial we hold a 'Last Post' ceremony every day except Xmas Day.

There is always a bag-piper.

Get OVER it, okay!?

Having paraded mostly to pipes and drums, and being used to them, I regard military brass bands as a poor second for marching to.








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They are used in the USA at Police Funerals., posted on August 26, 2016 at 08:52:12
oldmkvi
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 Never understood why.
Not a lot of Marching going on here!

 

Could it have something to do with..., posted on August 26, 2016 at 12:10:04
genungo
 ... the "Irish cop" tradition that exists (or used to exist) in some pats of the country? Irish are not Scots of course but they are closely connected in some ways.

 

They're always..., posted on August 26, 2016 at 12:38:14
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 ...after me lucky charms.

dh

 

"The Irish are not Scots" hmmm, posted on August 26, 2016 at 15:53:27
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 Scotland is named after an Irish tribe, the Scotti.


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RE: "The Irish are not Scots" hmmm, posted on August 27, 2016 at 13:11:27
genungo
 It is my understanding that the Irish never enthused over the bagpipes quite as enthusiastically as the Scots did, and do. So the two are somewhat different in that way at least.

Correct me if I'm wrong about this.

 

Nonsense, and ignorance, posted on August 27, 2016 at 15:59:28
Timbo in Oz
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 Bagpipes are central to much Irish traditional music, and you didn't know? LOL!

Uillean pipes, and Great Irish Warpipes?

Indeed much of Europe's early music uses a bagpipe of some kind.

I love the sound of well played bagpipes, lots of people do, too.

The 3-drone type are popular in most countries with a British past. Like India, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, ....... Hundreds of millions of people

A lament for the pipes is one of the most moving musical experiences available. The one played at the Last Post ceremony is always "The Flowers of the Forest".

Silly prejudices about them used to simply puzzle me.

Now I see it as willfully stupid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR87LsmXzBs

Even your USMC has members who love them.



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Willful ignorance and that's probably OK, posted on August 27, 2016 at 16:12:12
genungo
 Most of the Irish folk I've heard so far, I cannot stand to listen to. I do like some American folk music supposedly inspired by the Irish folk stuff, but that's about it.

Enjoy it for yourself. I shall continue to stay away, I don't much like the sound of any bagpipes I've heard.

 

Regular feature of formal dinners in my Regiment's mess.hts , posted on August 30, 2016 at 16:12:08
Timbo in Oz
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 Our band was bagpipes and drums. Best marching music ever.

When a single piper played in the mess, he was usually given a quaich of whisky to drink at the end.

If it was a ladies night, the entire band played and we had highland dancing.

Yes it's loud, but it stirs the blood. :-)!


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