Vlaamse doedelzak

Vlaamse doedelzak

Automated diy bagpipes with two drone pipes and a chanter.
The chanter dimensions are based on the Vlaamse doedelzak,
a model that is being played in Belgium. Coincidentally the rubber gloves used as bag and membrane of the chanter during the testing, resemble the colors of the Flemish region.  Over the course of history the tradition of bagpipe playing in Belgium has been lost and with it the mehtods on how to build them. During the 1960’s this specific type of bagpipes was redeveloped almost entirely based on depictions of the instrument in Brueghel paintings. 

2025
Jakke Jalink

Jakke Jalink