That sounds like something dreamed up by somebody who doesn't like bagpipes..
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Richard York <[email protected]> wrote: > There's also the theory that said crusaders found the Saracen bagpipes > upset their horses so brought them back as a way of bagpipe-proofing > horses - urban bagpiping myth or not? > The same theory likes the introduction of the nakers to Europe > occurring for the same reason - it is said that this end of the world > didn't have drums prior to that. > Sort of Middle Eastern spoilers for the European weapon of mass > destruction :-) > Happy New Year, too! > Richard. > Barry Say wrote: > > Well spotted Francis. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. > > Adding to Alistair Anderson's conjectures on the development of the bagpipes, > the most convincing story I have heard is that when the Crusaders travelled to > what has been described as 'The Holy Land', they discovered people playing > 'pipes' from air in 'bags'. They took this idea home and tried putting the > native instruments of their region into bags to see what happened. This would > neatly account for the widespread distribution of bagpipes in Europe and the > variety of forms. > > Any thoughts? > > Barry > > PS Happy New Year > > ---------------------- > > On 1 Jan 2010 at 9:50, Francis Wood wrote: > > > > A very nice item yesterday on BBC Radio 4 from Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. > Congratulations to everyone who spoke or played; it was really good! > > The programme ('Questions, Questions', 13.30) is available for the next 6 days > at: > > [1]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/2009/12/31 > > Francis > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/2009/12/31 > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
