Scottish bagpipeS The highland pipes are the best known of several types of Scottish bagpipe, and are very loud and powerful instruments.
He blew into the bagpipes and made an ear-splitting tuneless racket.
Another interesting feature it shares with other East European bagpipes is the single reed chanter.
For the first few weeks of learning music he dabbled with playing mouth organ, bagpipes and concertina, before learning button accordion.
In the days of border raids from Scotland into northern England, the skirl of bagpipes often meant ' The Cats are coming !