TITI THE BINIOU INSTRUMENTSThe bombard appear in Europe in the twelfth-thirteenth centuries, ranging from the double bass to the soprano. That last one was adopted by popular musicians.
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The Bombard
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My bombard makers :
The small bombards tuned in C from french South-Cornwall (Quimper/Kemper) fit to the shiny expression of the local musicians and to the vitality of the dances. In Gwened (Vannes) County (South-East Brittany), the lower bombards in A, then in G, go well with the sober dances of the area. The Bagad plays with bombards in B flat because of the Highland bagpipes.
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The bombard is a double reed instrument with a conical bore; it belongs to the oboe family. The reed is made of two thin strips fixed on a brass tube covered with cork; the sound produced by their vibration is amplified by the conical body of the instrument and then by the bell. The woods are mainly Mozambic ebony and boxwood.