Julian Goodacre
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Julian Goodacre is a maker and researcher of the historical bagpipes
of the British Isles, based in Peebles
, Scotland. Goodacre has particularly specialised in reviving the extinct English bagpipes
, Welsh bagpipes, and Cornish bagpipes
.
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
of the British Isles, based in Peebles
Peebles
Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
, Scotland. Goodacre has particularly specialised in reviving the extinct English bagpipes
English bagpipes
The English bagpipes are bagpipes played in England. Of these, the only continuous tradition is that of the Northumbrian smallpipes, which are used in the northeastern county of Northumberland....
, Welsh bagpipes, and Cornish bagpipes
Cornish bagpipes
Cornish bagpipes are the forms of bagpipe once common in Cornwall. Bagpipes and pipes are mentioned in Cornish documentary sources from c.1150 to 1830 and bagpipes are present in Cornish iconography from the 15th and 16th centuries....
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