Northern Triplepipe by Montisci & Brown: Ardchattan in G - No.9

This triplepipe was made by Luciano Montisci in Cagliari, Sardinia, and finished by Barnaby Brown in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the 9th instrument Montisci has made for the Northern triplepipe revival. In this video, Brown offers tips to new players and explains why he has christened this variety of triplepipe the "Ardchattan".

[@hughtuck5147]

awsome! music (and all other histories!) needs folks like you, BB - Well Done !!

[@malelemonade5979]

Wow amazing Man

[@OfficerOfTheWatch1]

Funny, I came to this vieo after a search on triplepipe after seeing a picture of a similar pipe on a Pictish stone. Now I see your video and see other pics of it as well. I did not know this instrument was played in the north of Europe.

[@chehotrao]

The reason for using cane is the realisation that I have only one lifetime. Initially, I made an instrument from elder, but it failed me on a live BBC broadcast. By going to Luigi Lai's maker, I opted for an unbroken tradition of professional expertise, to give myself a head start making music. It has always been a dream of mine to play instruments made of elder - and perhaps wild rose for the 2 chanters. In Sardinia, the chanters are made from a different species of cane with a narrower bore.

[@FrancescPunsola]

Thanks to submit and to your great explanations. launedas are one of the bagpipe wolrl most interesting instruments.

[@hananokuni2580]

In Sardinia they use the dried stems of _Arundo donax_ , a kind of river reed, to make the launeddas. In other parts of the Mediterranean and Near East this same plant is used to make launeddas-like instruments. Where I live this plant can be hard to locate, so I use the dried stems of _Phragmites australis_ , which is another kind of river reed, to make this kind of musical instrument. When I can obtain _Arundo donax_ , I use that.

[@michaeljking]

I am really fascinated by these pipes, I heard a sound sample years ago that you played but this is really something else. Your journey in in creating these and reverse engineering from the Sardinian pipes is brilliant and inspiring, I am sure there is a reason for continuing using cane but but isn't elder wood a more suitable material for the pipes themselves? or is there some native reed?

[@23021989g]

Hey Bazz. Great work with the old wooden pipes there man, just superb reaming technique. I've always wanted to know how to make twiglets make such beautiful noises. Excellent work all round.

[@chehotrao]

Thank you for alerting me to that. The locals say Ard"h"attan - between "h" of hotel and "ch" of loch.

[@bravygravy]

Do the locals say Ardh"tsch"attan or Ard"k"attan? I'd be inclined to say that the latter is more in keeping with Gaelic convention.

[@Dibipable]

Like yarghool.

[@christopherellis2663]

Àrd chattan , high cat...