The diple consist of a chanter onto which an annular part and a stock are attached. Sound on the diple is produced by blowing the air into the stock. There are two clarinet-type reeds inside the stock - the air moves through two cylindrical pipes inside the chanter. Finger-holes are notched on the upper part of the chanter, 6 holes on one pipe and 2 on the other. The chanter is incised on the sides so they are not round but straight.
The diple without a bag and those with a bag can be found in the same areas or at least in those areas that are geographically close. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century it was more common for the diplars to play the diple without a bag, although this is more strenuous for the player. This was the case due to poverty, and because the diplars could not always afford to “sacrifice” animals from which the bags were made. This kind of diple was usually played by shepherds while grazing their sheep. This instrument was also used at social gatherings, and sometimes it was accompanied by folk dances. The diple exhibited at the Museum was purchased in Solin at a Feast of Our Lady of Island, on 8th September 1921.
