Bagpipes
Bagpipes
Producer
Lenhart Jozef
SKU
26522473
Techniques
beating, carving (production technique)
Material
leather, metal, wood
Craft
aerophones making, musical instruments making
Dimensions
gajdy: length = 70.0 cm; gajdy: height = 70.0 cm
About product
Gajdy – a wind musical instrument consisting of a bellows made of sheepskin, one wooden blowpipe, and one sound pipe, topped with funnels made of hammered brass. The leather bellows is dominated by an inserted wooden goat head, from which one of the sound pipes emerges.
He grew up in the Upper Nitra village of Jalovec and remained connected to this environment throughout his life. Wood had a scent for him from childhood. His father could make everything for the farm, and during the winter months he wove loom baskets...
