Bagpipes is a class o muisical instrument, aerophones, uisin enclosed reeds fed frae a constant reservoir o air in the form o a bag. Though the Scots Great Hieland Bagpipe an Erse uilleann pipes hae the greatest internaitional visibility, bagpipes o mony different types come frae different regions atouer Europe, Northren Africae, the Persian Gulf, an the Caucasus.

The Bagpiper, bi Hendrick ter Brugghen (17t Century, Netherlands).