Bagpipes & Celtic Music Links

Links of interest to the bagpiping and Celtic music community……

Note: I have no financial stake in any of the listed vendors, schools, societies, or resources (except for Skweez The Weezle).

Bands

Skweez The Weezle - Celtic music band that David founded in 1999 (and still going strong!)

Desert Thistle Pipe Band - Scottish Highland bagpipe & drum band in which David played for 25 years in the Tri-Cities of Washington State, with 9 years as Pipe Major - band is no longer active

Instrument Makers

Blair Bagpipes - electronic chanter maker (made David's Blair Digital Chanter and BDC "Air" Pipe Bag)
Burgess Bagpipes - bagpipe maker (made one set of David’s Scottish Border pipes)
Carbony Celtic Winds - bagpipe, whistle, flute, and didgeridoo maker (made one of David's Low A and Low D whistles)
Chris Apps Reeds - chanter reed and drone reed maker (made chanter reeds for a set of David's Lowland pipes)
Dave Shaw - bagpipe maker (made David’s bellows-blown Scottish shuttle pipes, and Low A and Low D whistles)
David Naill & Co. - bagpipe makers (made David’s Scottish Highland bagpipes)
ESSC - practice chanter maker (made David's ES Session Chanters-stainless/aluminum chanter with interchangeable A and B-flat stems)
Garvie Bagpipes (Nigel Richard) - bagpipe maker (made one set of David’s Scottish Border pipes) - no longer in business
Gordon Mooney - bagpipe maker and player of cauld wind pipes
Hamish Moore - bagpipe maker and player of cauld wind pipes (made David’s Scottish smallpipes)
Iain Allen - bagpipe reed maker (made chanter reeds for David's Border pipes and Scottish smallpipes)
John Walsh - bagpipe maker (made David’s 2 sets of mouth-blown Scottish shuttle pipes)
Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments - maker of wind instruments (made David's Susato whistles)
Kerry Whistles - whistle maker (made David’s Chieftain Low A and Low D whistles)
McCallum Bagpipes - bagpipe maker (made David's reel pipes)
Michael Burke Pennywhistle Company - whistle maker (made David's Low G, Low A, C, and D whistles)
Michael MacHarg (The Wee Piper) - bagpipe and pipe bag maker (made one of David's pipe bags)
Pipe Dreams - chanter reed and drone reed maker (made David's smallpipe chanter reed and reel pipes drone reeds)
Ray Sloan - bagpipe maker (made one set of David’s Scottish Border pipes)
Saga Music - stringed instrument maker (made David's Irish bouzouki)
Sound Supreme - chanter reed maker (made chanter reeds for a set of David's Border pipes)
Sweetheart Flute Co. - wooden whistle and flute maker (made David's High D and Low D whistles) - now Musique Morneaux

Software and Tunes

Bob Pekaar's Tune Index - searchable index of bagpipe tunes and list of books that have them
CelticPipes - music notation software (software David uses when composing tunes - available for 64bit Mac OS and Windows)
Ceol Sean - The World's Largest On-line Collection of downloadable Bagpipe Music (mostly classic books from the 1800's and 1900's)
Modern Piping - New tunes from today's top composers (also books and piping accessories)
The Glen Collection - Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe
ViperPiper's Bagpipe Tunes - searchable database of downloadable bagpipe tunes

Piping Schools, Workshops, Education, Online Lessons, and Celtic Culture

Alternative Pipers of North America - pipers playing pipes other than Great Highland Bagpipes, both bellows and mouth blown
BagpipeLessons.com - award-winning bagpiper Jori Chisholm helps you learn the bagpipes or take your current playing to the next level
Bagpipe Tutorials - bagpipe tutorials from the late Pipe Major Bill (Robbie) Robertson (free, but must sign up for content)
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming - at locations around the US
Ceòlas - on the beautiful island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides islands of western Scotland
Coeur d’Alene Summer School of Piping and Drumming - no longer in operation
Lowland and Border Pipers' Society - history, tuition, workshops, schools, concerts, and more in the United Kingdom
Oregon Pipers’ Society - workshops, performances, and competitions in Portland, Oregon
The Bagpipe Society - promoting the Bagpipe Revival since 1986 in the United Kingdom
The National Piping Centre - a national and international centre of excellence for the instrument and its music
The Pipers' Gathering - North America’s most comprehensive alternative bagpipe event!
U.S. Military Bagpiper Network - provides information for bagpipers in the U.S. Military

Scottish Highland Supply Vendors

Henderson Imports - Bagpipes and Smallpipes • Drums • Highland Wear • Tune Books • and more
Irish Traditions - Tartan Apparel • Jewelry • Gifts • Home Accessories • and more
J. Higgins - US-made Kilts • Highland Apparel • Bagpipes and Accessories • and more
Reelpipes.com - Bagpipes and Supplies • Highland Apparel • Whistles • and more
Scott's Highland Services - Bagpipes and Supplies • Highland Apparel • and more
USA Kilts - US-made Kilts • Highland Apparel • Gifts • and more

Other Online Resources

Alt Pibroch Club - the club aims to expand contemporary pibroch interpretation with a suite of four websites
pipes | drums - an independent, non-profit, completely self-governing, piping and drumming publication
PipeHacker - better living through bagpipes
Piping Press - a free web magazine with news, views, features and information from the piping and pipe band worlds.
PlanetPipe - podcasts of pure piping pleasure
Note: I have no financial stake in any of the listed vendors, schools, societies, or resources (except for Skweez The Weezle).

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