Skinpipes

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Skinpipes or simply skins are a musical instrument presumably similar to bagpipes. They make a skirling sound.[1]

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A Clash of Kings

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At a feast held by Balon Greyjoy at Pyke, Theon Greyjoy hears music played on fiddles, skins, and drums.[2]

A Storm of Swords

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Some of the musicians at the Red Wedding skirl a lively tune on the skins, led by the drums.[1]

Skins are among the instruments played at the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell.[3]

During the battle beneath the Wall some of the wilding forces play a wailing song like the song of strange and fierce birds.[4]

Quotes

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Fiddles screeched, horns blew, the skins skirled a lively tune, but the drumming drove them all.[1]

—thoughts of Catelyn Stark

The skinpipes came wafting through the night, like the songs of strange fierce birds.[4]

—thoughts of Jon Snow

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