associated pipes - double pipes

gallery - a randam selection of images

Double pipes, or two pipes played at the same time, are found in sculptures, paintings, stained glass, religious manuscripts and archaeology dating back into pre-history, right up to the present day. Sometimes the two pipes are exactly the same; other images show two slightly different shapes, one playing the tune and the other a drone pipe.

It is impossible to see the mouth-piece on some of these images: some may be duct flutes, others may have single or double reeds or be trumpets. If you have information on the mouth-piece of any of these instruments I would be grateful to know.

I have not included images where it is definately not a variety of duct-flute without keys. Around 1810 an English instrument maker, William Bainbridge, patented a keyed double flageolet which consisted of two English flageolets joined together so that the player could harmonise the tunes that s/he played. Flageolets are therefore not included here.

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Europe
Greece and area
		pre-history, cornelian intagio (carved jewel)	3-2BC bronze statue		11th c mosaic, Cyprus
19th c former Yugoslavia		dvoyanka, Macedonia	20th c dvojnice Serbia		20th c djojnica, Bosnia
		20th c (drone pipe) Croatia	žveglicas, children's toys Croatia
1937 Croatia Dvojnice			carved Dvojnice
Albania cyla-diare
19th c		1960's	audio and other examples from the region
Bulgaria
Dvoyanka.
Czech Republic
1910, Royal Dux, Bohemia
Hungary
Transylvania and Transdanubia
Belgium
1320-30 Ghent, Belgium			1338-1344 Tournai, Belgium
Holland/Netherlands
1440 Utrecht, Netherlands
Poland
modern dwojnica
France
1225-1250 Paris, France (possibly reeded instrument)		1275-1325, Toulouse, France	14th c.Finistere, Britanny wood carving		1415-1430, Paris, France
in Bourges		manuscript	Castile		15th/16th century stone carving Saint-Médard de Thouars Church
after Clondion (18thc)		after Clondion (18thc)	France	France	20th c. France Samson copy of earlier ceramic figures
Germany
13thc Germany or Scandinavia chess piece		20th c. Volkestedt porcelain
Italy
400-300BC Etruscan votive model 1st 2nd AD Roman bronze figure (restored pipes) [source] 150-200AD Roman statuette 1312 Martini painting
1395 Aretino		1445 Donatello	1447-50 Donatello		1485-95 Florence, print
1500-05 BM		1465 tarot card	1515 BM		1534-6 painting northern Italy
1525 majolica plate			1534-6 painting northern Italy
18th c ring			1700-1880 print		print published 1742 Rome
Spain
1946 'Yellow and blue faun' by Picasso			1958 'White Faun' oil painting by Picasso
stone carvings Toledo Cathedral
Switzerland
			c1800 akkordflute
Ukraine
Ukrainian Djolomyga, or Double Sopilka

				not known Victorian tiles	1445 Morgan

 

 

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