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Bagpipe goat

Kuchta Adam1970

Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec

Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec
Szydlowiec, Poland

It is a mouth blown instrument. Four voices, with a short triple chanter-drone pipe and a long drone pipe ending in a hyperbolic bell. Bag is made of a goat's whole skin with hair on the inside. Formerly played solo (by shepherds, wandering musicians), nowadays in folk revival, sometimes included in Podhale bands. The ability to build and play the Podhale bagpipe, or goat, were included on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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  • Title: Bagpipe goat
  • Creator: Kuchta Adam
  • Date Created: 1970
  • Location Created: Bukowina Tatrzańska, Poland
  • Physical Dimensions: the triple pipe 146 mm, drone 760 mm, 1,45 kg
  • Type: instrument
  • Medium: wood, goat leather, grain leather, metal, baize
Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydlowiec

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