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Love letter to an Airbag

Recently I was asked to consider something special to me and to describe it. Turned out that it was my most recent acquisition, a boha set of bagpipes. And that got me thinking about my two other pipes, a Sean Jones G and a Jim Parr low D. So, this is a love letter to three airbags, not just the one – I lied a bit. Beginning with the Boha, my latest set, and appropriately named ‘Actual French’ (those ‘Julian and Sandy’ fans will recognise the reference), he is both at once beautiful and plain....

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