![]() ![]() The bellows of the uilleann pipes are able to relieve the musician from putting in the extra effort required to blow into a bag to maintain its pressure, and also ensure that the reeds are powered by relatively dry air which reduces any adverse effects of moisture on the longevity of the instrument.The uilleann pipes are characteristically different from several other bagpipes with regards to their tone and wide range of notes. If the musician is left-handed, the orientation and location of all the components are reversed. Interestingly enough, history tells us that “uilleann pipes” wasn’t used as a name for the intrument prior to the 20th century.In order to play the instrument, the bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated thanks to a small set of bellows fastened around the waist and right arm of the musician. Also know as union pipes, the commercial name of this musical instrument has been partly derived from the Irish term piobai uilleann, which when translated literally means “pipes of the elbow” given the obvious method of its inflation. Uilleann pipes are recognized as the characteristic national.
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