Paul Beekhuizen - Middeleeuwse doedelzak in D - - Bagpipe - Netherlands - 2012
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Medieval bagpipe in D, handcrafted in 2012 by Dutch maker Paul Beekhuizen, in pristine condition and fully playable, complete with blowpipe and reeds, weighing about 2 kg and measuring 90 cm by 35 cm, made of boxwood with a leather bag, originating from the Netherlands.
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Description from the seller
Rare handcrafted medieval bagpipe, built by the Dutch instrument maker Paul Beekhuizen to his own order. I am the first and only owner. The instrument is based on images of German instruments from the 15th century and is pitched in D — a tuning that blends beautifully with shawms, bombards and other medieval and Renaissance instruments.
Specifications:
- Form based on images of 15th-century German instruments
- Cylindrical bore
- Chanter: (c′) d′ – d″, fully chromatic scale
- Bourdon: d
- Material: boxwood
Bag: leather
Year built: 2012
Condition: fully playable and as-new
Sound clip 2026 (self-recording): https://swinnendesign.eu/files/bagpipes.m4a
Condition and provenance:
This instrument has been carefully kept in a smoke-free home and has never been used on stage. It is therefore in remarkably beautiful, “unplayed” condition.
Included with delivery:
Bagpipe complete with blowpipe and reeds
A unique opportunity for players of early music, historical reenactors, or collectors of historical instruments.
About the maker:
Paul Beekhuizen (The Hague) was one of the most renowned Dutch builders of historical wind instruments. Largely self-taught, he established his workshop in The Hague in 1977. His catalog included early bagpipes and Renaissance woodwind instruments: copies and reconstructions based on historical sources — from medieval bagpipes to old drawings to baroque musettes, Hümmelchen to Praetorius, shawms, poms, rackets, kortholten and cornemuses. He also taught instrument-making courses. His instruments were played by ensembles at home and abroad, including the American Renaissance group Piffaro, which ordered several bagpipes from him in 1997.
Beekhuizen has since passed away. His work is therefore definitive: his instruments are no longer new to order and rarely appear on the second-hand market. If you want a bagpipe from his hand, you must wait for one to become available — and this is one such example.
Rare handcrafted medieval bagpipe, built by the Dutch instrument maker Paul Beekhuizen to his own order. I am the first and only owner. The instrument is based on images of German instruments from the 15th century and is pitched in D — a tuning that blends beautifully with shawms, bombards and other medieval and Renaissance instruments.
Specifications:
- Form based on images of 15th-century German instruments
- Cylindrical bore
- Chanter: (c′) d′ – d″, fully chromatic scale
- Bourdon: d
- Material: boxwood
Bag: leather
Year built: 2012
Condition: fully playable and as-new
Sound clip 2026 (self-recording): https://swinnendesign.eu/files/bagpipes.m4a
Condition and provenance:
This instrument has been carefully kept in a smoke-free home and has never been used on stage. It is therefore in remarkably beautiful, “unplayed” condition.
Included with delivery:
Bagpipe complete with blowpipe and reeds
A unique opportunity for players of early music, historical reenactors, or collectors of historical instruments.
About the maker:
Paul Beekhuizen (The Hague) was one of the most renowned Dutch builders of historical wind instruments. Largely self-taught, he established his workshop in The Hague in 1977. His catalog included early bagpipes and Renaissance woodwind instruments: copies and reconstructions based on historical sources — from medieval bagpipes to old drawings to baroque musettes, Hümmelchen to Praetorius, shawms, poms, rackets, kortholten and cornemuses. He also taught instrument-making courses. His instruments were played by ensembles at home and abroad, including the American Renaissance group Piffaro, which ordered several bagpipes from him in 1997.
Beekhuizen has since passed away. His work is therefore definitive: his instruments are no longer new to order and rarely appear on the second-hand market. If you want a bagpipe from his hand, you must wait for one to become available — and this is one such example.
Details
Era
After 2000
Brand
Paul Beekhuizen
Multiple models
No
Model
Middeleeuwse doedelzak in D
Country of origin
Netherlands
Year of manufacture
2012
Physical condition
Mint
Number of objects
1
Includes
Reeds
Weight
2 kg
Material
Leather, Wood-Boxwood
Functional condition
Tested and working/playable
Length
90 cm
Width
35 cm
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