The
Northumbrian smallpipes (also known as the
Northumbrian pipes) are bellows-blown
bagpipes from Northeastern England, particularly
Northumberland and
Tyne and Wear. In a survey of the bagpipes in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, the
organologist Anthony Baines wrote: "It is perhaps the most civilized of the bagpipes, making no attempt to go farther than the traditional bagpipe music of melody over drone, but refining this music to the last degree."