The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33933 Message #455641
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
04-May-01 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: hornpipe query
Subject: RE: hornpipe query
The Hornpipe was a single-reed pipe, originally made out of a bored cow-horn or similar, and played in various forms throughout Europe and the Middle East; in Wales, for example, it was known as the Pibcorn, in Scotland it was the Stockhorn.