Swedish Museum of Performing Arts

Besides assisting me in the survey of Swedish Sãckpipas, Zexuan had quite a few interesting french bagpipes waiting for him in this collection. These items could help him shed light on his own doctoral research on the border pipes of England and Scotland. The...

Dalarna’s museum, in Falun, Sweden

From Stockholm Airport, I and Zexuan made our way by car directly to the Dalarna region. It is the renowned bagpipe region of Sweden. The Dalarna museum is in the town of Falun. Simon Langwagen welcomed us into the museum and gave us full access to the bagpipe...

National Latvian Museum in Riga

My research on the bagpipes of the baltic would not be completed without a thorough understanding of the Duda phenomenon in Latvia. With Zexuan Qiao (PhD.c) and Krishna Nagaraja (PhD.c) as research assistants, I had the opportunity to analyze, document and measure in...

Sonic Art Research Centre

I have just been introduced to the SARC – Sonic Arts Research Center – The Queen’s University of Belfast. Zexuan Qiao has been kind to share his knowledge of 3D printing. Coming to his Doctoral research home, after he and his supervisor Dr Simon...