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This is somewhat odd but what POD are required for bagpipes to remain popular instruments in most of Europe until the point at which they or some derivative would be incorporated into the selection of instruments in a modern orchestra?
I know they were popular throughout Europe in the Medieval period and its folk music stable mate the fiddle evolved into the violin. What sort of evolution might bagpipes have before Bach and Mozart are writing pieces for them?