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Tuning (2nd) piece

·? (drones: tuning piece [Term not mentioned in available sources]); Tercia.

Identical types: 16
Drone

2nd piece of a composed drone, slipped on the tuning slide of the butt piece; Used for tuning; Of smaller drones it is the outermost piece, sometimes provided with a bell.

Sources

Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.2.