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bagpipe the mizzen, to
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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bagpipe the mizzen, to, an order given to lay
aback a sail set on the
mizzen-mast by hauling up the sheet to the mizzen
rigging, the purpose being to stop the way on a sailing vessel or slow it down. It was a quick and ready, if a little unseamanlike, means of bringing such a vessel to a halt.
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Bagpipe history and lore
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...and Afghanistan. Bagpipe humor Perhaps no...fun of than the bagpipes, but bagpipers...s a sample of bagpipe humor: -- If thy...of his children bagpipes. -- Scottish Proverb...when you chop up a bagpipe. -- A man realized...he had left his bagpipes on the back seat...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Bagpipes -- man takes journey to mastery
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 1/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...also gave lessons in bagpipes and before long Hall...finger set-up as on a bagpipe. "I learned how to...trying out a set of bagpipes. "If you can't play...s fun to play on a bagpipe; it's got a lot of...one's talent on the bagpipes are competitions, such...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Bagpipe maker creates sound works of art
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 3/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...most things, including bagpipes, are mass produced...making Great Highland bagpipes for 13 years. He spent 12 years as one of two bagpipe makers with C.E...when a position as a bagpipe maker opened up at C...Each component of his bagpipes is made from materials...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Craftsman makes bagpipes old-fashioned way.(Neighbor)(Neighbor to know)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...Steinway pianos of the bagpipe world. "There are...after the Great Highland bagpipes made by the old masters...unique." Atherton plays bagpipes himself and, as a professional...instrumental guitar. But his bagpipe making doesn't leave...I'm always making bagpipes," he says. "I still...
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Call of Dudy: Bohemian Bagpipes Across Borders.(Video recording review)
Magazine article from: Czech Music; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...places where the tradition of bagpipes is still kept up. In these...culture, in which we also find bagpipes. It was to these areas that...report on the current state of bagpipe music. The axis of the documentary is the International Bagpipes Festival in Strakonice, which...
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THE PIPER OF GALICIA FORMER USI STUDENT PABLO CORTES SANCHEZ BLENDS BAGPIPES AND HIS SPANISH HOMELAND
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 6/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the campus with his bagpipe playing since shortly...was talented with the bagpipes until he began introducing...melody. His interest in bagpipe playing is ingrained...I'm from from a `bagpipe family' from Galicia...started playing the bagpipes when he was 16 and was...
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The bagpipes and the police
Magazine article from: Law & Order; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...their own version of the bagpipes. In today's world...versions of the Celtic bagpipe tend to be most popular...department fields a bagpipe band, as do police...pypers" brought the bagpipes to America. They found...Philadelphia, and brought a bagpipe culture with them...
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Sounds for the ages Naperville craftsman still makes bagpipes the old-fashioned way.(Neighbor)(Neighbor to know)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...Steinway pianos of the bagpipe world. "There are...after the Great Highland bagpipes made by the old masters...unique." Atherton plays bagpipes himself and, as a professional...instrumental guitar. But his bagpipe making doesn't leave...I'm always making bagpipes," he says. "I still...
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PIPING A TUNE OF SUCCESS; Following his heart, Jerry Gibson builds a melodic business.(Gibson Bagpipes Inc.)(Company overview)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 9/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...customers that know bagpipes continue to seek out his product. Bagpipe manufacturers in...that a damn good bagpipe can be made in the...companies, Gibson Bagpipes founder Jerry Gibson...that a damned good bagpipe can be made in the...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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VINDABLEW; Bagpipes made in PAKISTAN are imported to EDINBURGH; Most unbelievable story of the week.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 4/25/2004; 684 words
; ...to Newcastle. Now here's bagpipes to Edinburgh... via a remote...Edinburgh selling his Aisan-made bagpipes and kilts. Nadeem Bhatti runs a bagpipe factory in Sialkot, in remote...when locals manufactured bagpipes and kilts for Scots regiments...
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Bagpipes
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Bagpipes Background The bagpipe is a wind instrument with a number...History Although the familiar bagpipe of the parade band is the Scottish Great Highland bagpipe, bagpipes in many different forms are folk...
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bagpipe family
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
bagpipe family. Forms of the bagpipe have existed for at...x2013;77) mentions bagpipes in a description of...compass of nearly all bagpipes is limited to an octave...Scottish highland bagpipe , or great pipe , mouth...
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bagpipe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...known in India. Some form of bagpipe was later used in nearly every...The basic construction of a bagpipe consists of a bag, usually...Bibliography: See T. H. Podnos, Bagpipes and Tunings (1974); T. Collinson, The Bagpipe (1975).
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Northumbrian Bagpipes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Northumbrian Bagpipes. See bagpipe .
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bagpipes
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
bagpipes Musical instrument with reed pipes connected to a windbag held under the arm and filled by mouth or bellows. The chanter pipe has finger-holes for melody, while drone pipes produce monotone accompaniment.
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