Europe: associated pipes

double pipes gallery

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, often one playing the tune and the other a drone pipe. These images are drawn from reality as well as fantasy.

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
2800-2300BCE marble statuette Keros, Greece pre-history, cornelian intagio (carved jewel) 350-330BCE Greek tomb painting 3-2BCE bronze statue 11th c mosaic, Cyprus
tarot card 21st century   Croatia and area     In all parts of Croatia, double pipes almost regularly had four to five selection holes on the right side, and three to four on the left, while similar ones played in some parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Serbia they had a reverse arrangement of holes, so on the left side more, and on the right less. Also, none of the doubles from Croatia had holes on the underside, ie facing the player. [source]   19th c former Yugoslavia dvoyanka, Macedonia   20th c djojnica Bosnia Bosnia 1960-1970 Balkans
1895 dvojnice Bosnia [Horniman Museum]
20th c (drone pipe) Croatia Croatia akkordflute and dvojnice 20th century Croatia player Croatia front and back
1937 Croatia Dvojnice			carved Dvojnice
žveglicas, children's toys Croatia Croatia Dvojnice was played in various variants in all parts of Croatia, and various names were used for this instrument: dvojnice, žveglice, diple, dvogrele, dvojkinje, vidalice, etc. For more Croatian instruments see the website of the Ethnographic Museum of Istria here and also here.
Serbia
20th c dvojnice Serbia Serbia dvojnice Serbia ? folk music
Montenegro Montenegro Dvojenice
Albania cyla-diare
19th c		1960's	audio and other examples from the region	1978 stamp
Bulgaria
Dvoyanka.
Dvoyanka, Bulgaria (sound) (sound) modern dwojnica
carved dvojnice West Bulgaria
Wooden folk instrument with two pipes 21st century Bulgaria
Czech Republic
1910, Royal Dux, Bohemia
Hungary
Transylvania and Transdanubia
There are 6 sound-producing openings on one side and none on the other.Hungary
Belgium
1320-30 Ghent, Belgium		1338-1344 Tournai, Belgium	Leuven University library, Belgium
20th century fantasy art
Holland/Netherlands
1440 Utrecht, Netherlands 1445-1460 Haarlem, Netherlands painting (anon) angel player 1700 Amsterdam 18th century Netherlands
2022 Luci Horsch
Sweden
The Stenlundapipa is a refinement of the double flute in which the tone of the drone pipe can be varied. The flute comprises two pipes in one unit, both of which are tuned in a major key. One of the pipes is equipped with small corks that can be used to close the desired number of finger holes. It is made in three different sizes: C, A, and G. player
France
9th -12th century Auvergne 1185 France 1225-1250 Paris, France (possibly reeded instrument) after 1246 Arras
1275-1325, Toulouse, France 14th c.Finistere, Britanny wood carving 14th century ceiling fresco Cathédrale Saint Julien du Mans 1300-1340 France [f42v] 1300-1340 France [f73r] 1300-1340 France [f80v] 14th century Saint Ouen, Rouen fresco   1418 Paris, France 1430-1460 Burgandy, France 1415-1430, Paris, France 1453 Bourges, Palais Jacques Coeur
1451 'The Nine Muses' manuscript 15th century fresco Bayeaux Cathedral Castile
15th/16th century stone carving Saint-Médard de Thouars Church, France 16th century France after Clondion (18thc) after Clondion (18thc)
1850 'The Flute Lesson' [detail] 1861 photograph
France		France	Lalique pendant		20th c. France Samson copy of earlier ceramic figures
1930's Georges Maxim figurines
2021 Miquèu Montanaro
Austria
1871 painting		1966 painting
Germany
11th century manuscript 13thc Germany or Scandinavia chess piece 1469 Pilsum, baptismal font 15th century Heidelberg ceiling painting 1500 engraving 1562 engraving 1680 painted altar-piece 1698 engraving 1800 1879 painting of children 20th c. Volkestedt porcelain 2004 Foyer of Espelkamp Theatre, Germany  21st century female player, Germany
Italy
6th-5th century BCE Sardinia 400-300BC Etruscan votive model 1st 2nd AD Roman bronze figure (restored pipes) [source] 150 CE on side of marble funerary urn
150-200AD Roman statuette Sardinia 1312 Martini painting 1338 religious painting 1395 Aretino 1468 Spechi Abbey, Rome early 15th century Siena, Italy 1445 Donatello 1447-50 Donatello   15th century Atri Cathedral, Abruzzo 1491 Tuscany
1465 tarot card 1470's Italy [possibly double reed with circular breathing] 1485-95 Florence, print
1500 Tuscany 1500-05 BM 1508 Mantua 1515 Raphael tapestry 1515 BM 16th century 1526-1530 Parma Cathedral 1525 majolica plate 1534-6 painting northern Italy Melpomene
1534-6 painting Saronno, Italy 16th century Siena, alterpiece early 17th century painting [detail], Sicily, Italy 17th century painting [detail] Sicily
1722 Milan, Italy Anciuti workshop
flute d'accord with key [Venice]
print published 1742 Rome 18th c ring 1700-1880 print
unknown, possibly southern Italy unknown, possibly southern Italy
Benevento Italy
2021 Augusto Mastrantoni, Rome, Italy
Spain
1005 Pamploma casket panel 1107 stone carving Covet, Catalonia 11th century Catalonia wall painting 12th century Tudela, Navarra 13th century Toro, Zamora, Spain 13th century Toro, from another angle
13th century Catalonia 13th century Burgos Cathedral 13th century Sasamon Church, Castille
13th century Sasamón stone carvings Toledo Cathedral Biota, Spain 1326 Pedralbes Monestry Catalonia 14th century Guadalupe, Extramadura bronze door (part) 14th/15th century Pamplona 14th/15th century Pamplona   1441 Valencia Cathedral   15th century Valencia Cathedral [probably double reeds] 15/16th century Giovanni Di Pietro Aragon Royal Palace of Madrid tapestry     Victorian by Mariano Fortuny 1946 'Yellow and blue faun' by Picasso 1958 'White Faun' oil painting by Picasso
Switzerland
1400-1410 Geneva, Switzerland (detail of angel player) 1400 angel player c1800 akkordflute Late18th/early19thc Toggenburg Switzerland
2020 Basle, Switzerland Silke Gwendolyn Schulze 2022 Basle, Switzerland Silke Gwendolyn Schulze

Poland
modern dwojnica front, back and end
2015 video by Soboku Music

	UNKNOWN If you can identiry these images and let me know I would be very grateful for the information.
Victorian tiles not known	Ivory plaque unknown	unknown double pipes
unknown double pipes	unknown		medieval angel
unknown	unknown

 

 

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