were revived in the late 20th century by pipemakers such as Colin Ross. Electronic bagpipes are electronic instruments with a touch-sensitive "chanter" which senses finger position and modifies its tone accordingly. Some models also produce a drone sound, and the majority are made to simulate Great Highland bagpipe tone and fingering. Great Irish Warpipes an instrument, believed to have existed in Ireland until around the 1700s, and to have been similar or practically identical to the extant Great Highland Bagpipe. Brian Boru bagpipes, invented by Henry Starck, perhaps inspired by the Great Irish Warpipes, and based on Great Highland bagpipe but with a keyed chanter to extend the range and add chromatic notes. See also Bagpipes Pibroch Pipe band List of bagpipes Canntaireachd Bibliography Hugh Cheape. The Book of the Bagpipe (Belfast: The Appletree Press, 1999). Francis Collinson. The Traditional and National Music of Scotland (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966). Francis Collinson. The Bagpipe (London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975). William Donaldson. The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750–1950 (Edinburgh: Tuckwell Press, 1999). John Gibson. Old and New World Highland Bagpiping (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002). Further reading Edinburgh Research Archive. The Bagpipe: perceptions of a national instrument. Hugh Cheape. Alexander Ellis's early (1885) measurements of the Bagpipe scale, and its relation to Arabian scales. Music at a Medieval Gaelic Chieftain's Court Paper on How Bagpipes, Shepherd Trumpets, and Fiddles (and/or Harps) all Could Play in the Same "Key" Together. References External links Bob Dunsire Bagpipe Web Directory Andrew Lenz's Bagpipe Journey National symbols of Scotland Bagpipes Scottish musical instruments Articles containing video clips