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See also:BINIOU, or BIGNOU , a See also:species of cornemuse or bagpipe, still in use at the See also:present See also:day in See also:Brittany. The biniou is a See also:primitive See also:kind of bagpipe consisting of a See also:leather bag inflated by means of a See also:short valved insufflation See also:tube or See also:blow-See also:pipe, a chaunter with conical See also:bore furnished with a See also:double See also:reed concealed within the stock or socket (see BAG-PIPE), and seven holes, the first being duplicated to accommodate See also:left- and right-handed players. The See also:scale of the biniou is usually =i!_ =-r I 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 See See also:Victor Mahillon, See also:Catalogue descriptif, vol. ii. (See also:Ghent, 1896), p. 353, No. 1126; and See also:Captain C. R. Day, Descriptive Catalogue of Musical See also:Instruments (See also:London, 1891), p. 62, No. 135. and the single See also:drone is tuned to the See also:lower See also:octave of the first hole The more primitive biniou, still occasionally found in the remote districts of Cornouailles and See also:Morbihan, has a chaunter with but five holes,' giving See also:part of the scale of D, the drone being also tuned to D. The drone of the biniou is of See also:box-See also:wood, handsomely inlaid with See also:tin, and has a single or beating reed hidden within the stock. The word biniou or bignou (a Gallicized See also:form), often erroneously derived from bigno, se renfier beaucoup—an See also:etymology not supported by See also:Breton dictionaries—is the Breton plural form of benvek, See also:instrument, See also:tool, i.e. binviou, binvijou.2 The word is also found in the phrase, " See also:Sac'h ar biniou" (a biniou bag), a bag used by weavers to hold their tools, spindles, &c. The biniou is still the traditional and popular instrument of the Breton peasants of Cornouailles and Morbihan, and is almost inseparable from the See also:bombard (q.v.), which is no other than a survival of the See also:medieval musette, hautbois or chalemie, formerly associated with the bag-pipe in western See also:Europe (see See also:OBOE). At all festivals, at the pardons, See also:wedding feasts and threshing dances, the two traditional musicians or sonneurs give out in shrill penetrating tones the See also:ancient Breton rondes 3 and melodies. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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