Ther is actually a bass fiddle type of drum that is traditionally played with the tabor pipe in early French Renaissance music. I forget the name, but imagine a rectangular box-like instrument about 1x3 foot with three heavy strings running vertically and tuned to a chord matching the pipe. The strings are hit with a stick, either individually or two or three, as the tabor pipe tune demands. The box is strapped across the body diagonally and one hand plays the tabor and the other the chorded "drum".

A friend of mine, Nick Blanton, builds Hammered Dulcimers and has build this type of "drum", which he plays with the pipes during Morris dances. We both enjoy the contradiction of the origins of the music and the dance, but it makes for a great May Day.