Musicians warned to clean instruments after death linked to 'mouldy bagpipes'

Wind instrument players are being warned by doctors over possible lung damage after a bagpipe player is believed to have died from a reaction to mouldy pipes.

Musicians warned to clean instruments after death linked to 'mouldy bagpipes'

Wind instrument players are being warned by doctors over possible lung damage after a bagpipe player is believed to have died from a reaction to mouldy pipes.

Doctors writing in the journal Thorax have said instruments should be cleaned regularly to avoid "bagpipe lung".

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