MUTED BAGPIPES
Still Too Noisy For London
His name is Alastair MacDonald ana he appeared pt Bow Street Police Court, London, recently charged with “using a noisy instrument, to wit, bagpipes, for the purpose of obtaining money or alms at Jermyn Street, Piccadilly.” Said Mr. Dummett, Hie magistrate: “It is a good thing citizens of Scotland are not present in large numbers, or we should have a terrible row over this. The bagpipes is called a noisy instrument. Is It possible to play the bagpipes quietly?”
.MacDonald : Yes; I have one of the reeds stopped. Mr. Dummett: Can you put a sort of a mute, or stopper, in the reeds? MacDonald : Yon can put. in a weak reed, and mine is just about as reduced as it. can be.
Mr. Dummett: Of course, your music would be appreciated in Scotland, but I don’t think it would be appreciated so much when played iu the streets of London late at night. Obviously you piny very noisily. Pay S/-.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page VI (Supplement)
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167MUTED BAGPIPES Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page VI (Supplement)
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