The wonderfully carved goat's head which serves as a chanter stock. Many Eastern European bagpipes employ carved goat's-heads as chanter stocks. The folded section of the drone. These are found on a number of bagpipes. Interior view of the original bellows of this pipe, in the course of restoration.
Bellows have several advantages over the more common method of operation, by lung and mouth.
Perhaps most importantly, they provide dry air at ambient temperature to the reeds, which makes the pipe much more stable. The chanter reed. This is a composite-type single reed, that is, the tongue is a seperate part tied onto the body.