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The number of finger holes varies from five to eight and there are two types of cimpoi with a double chanter. The bag is often covered with embroidered cloth. The bagpipe can be found in most of Romania apart from the central, northern and eastern parts of [[Transylvania]], but at present (the early 21st century) is only played by a few elderly people.
The number of finger holes varies from five to eight and there are two types of cimpoi with a double chanter. The bag is often covered with embroidered cloth. The bagpipe can be found in most of Romania apart from the central, northern and eastern parts of [[Transylvania]], but at present (the early 21st century) is only played by a few elderly people.

A well-known player of the Romanian bagpipe is [[Ion Lăceanu]].


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Cimpoi
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Cimpoi, the Romanian bagpipe, has a single drone and straight bore chanter and is less strident than its Balkan relatives.

The number of finger holes varies from five to eight and there are two types of cimpoi with a double chanter. The bag is often covered with embroidered cloth. The bagpipe can be found in most of Romania apart from the central, northern and eastern parts of Transylvania, but at present (the early 21st century) is only played by a few elderly people.

A well-known player of the Romanian bagpipe is Ion Lăceanu.

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