Links in bold I consider almost essential. Some of the links could have been placed in other categories. If you are looking for something you can't find here or want a more complete listing check out one of the directories below.
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Major Sites:
David Daye's Bagpipe Page
Universe of Bagpipes
(Hotpipes.com is defunct until futher notice.)Directory/Links Listings:
Bob Dunsire's Bagpipe Web Directory (2019 version pulled from Archive.org)Canadian Bagpipe Links
Run by Stewart Nimmo. (From Archive.org.)Articles & Answers & Information
Lots of Good Answers (Steve MacLeod) (Defunct?)Ewan's WWW Bagpipe Index & Hot Piping Stuff
Piper's Persuasion
Excellent video interviews with top pipers.Chris Eyre's Piping Pages
Some unique how-to information, poly chanter repair, etc.The Sgian Dubh
The story behind the "black knife."The uniform and kit of the 42nd Highland Regiment
(From Archive.org.)Identification of Ivory and Ivory Substitutes (World Wildlife Fund)
DrumMajor.co.uk
How to make heads or tails of drum majors.Regimental Drum Majors Association
Lots of good reference DM information.MSR Tempo Calculator
The relationship of tempos in band MSRs. (From Archive.org.)Music Libraries and Tune Searches:
PipeTunes Reasonably priced sheet music download plus free recordings.Roddy MacLeod Piobaireachd
Piobaireachd: MP3 and scores for download/purchase.Ross' Music Page
Old out-of-copyright Piobaireachd manuscripts and recordings.Church Piper
Keith MacDonald, no downloadable tunes, but sells tune books.Jack Campin (Tunes/History)
Mix of Celtic tunes in abc format, some bagpipe.MIDI Tunes:
Laura's MIDI Scottish Folk/Traditional Tunes
MIDI Traditional Scottish Tunes
Tunes Searches/Indexes:
Bob Pekaar's Tune Index Indexes close to 400 music books.
Ceolas celtic music archive Quite a resource for celtic music.
Bagpipe Makers & Parts
Apps Reeds (USA) Sells reeds plus has some reed tips.
C.E. Kron & Co. Bagpipes (New York, USA)
Campbell Bagpipes (Canada)On-the-fly pitch adjusting chanters.
Colin Kyo Bagpipes (Oregon) Handcrafted bagpipes and chanters by Murray Huggins.
Dunbar Bagpipes (Ontario, Canada) Operated by the Jack Dunbar family, wood and poly pipes.
Fred Morrison Pipes Reelpipes and smallpipes.
John Walsh Bagpipes (Nova Scotia, Canada) Smallpipes and shuttle pipes.
MacLellan Bagpipes (New Jersey, USA)
R.G. Hardie & Co - Bagpipe Makers (Glasgow, Scotland)
R.J. Kinnaird Bagpipes and Reeds (Canada)
R.T. Shepherd & Son Bagpipes (Scotland)
Ray Sloan (UK) Maker of Uilleann Pipes and Scottish Smallpipes.
Tru-Tone (UK) Makers of practice chanters, mouth-blown small pipes
Wm. Sinclair & Son, Bagpipe Makers (Scotland) Makers of GHB, chanter reeds.
Bagpipe Repair
Oz Bagpipes (Australia) Rod Campbell in Carindale, Queensland.
Cushing Bagpipes (New York State) Mark Cushing in Ithaca, New York.
House of Bagpipes (San Francisco, USA) Lynne Miller, S.F., California.
Some On-line Stores & Accessories
I do not in any way recommend one source over another*, other than for you to try and support your local piping supply, if one exists in your area. (You may need something fast someday and if they're not around because you haven't supported them, who's fault is that?) This list is dabbling of existing suppliers and, truth be told, to date I have purchased from only a handful of these folks. So far, all my experiences have been good.*If you are looking to purchase something online, I strongly recommend that you at least visit our site sponsors (They pay me, it helps a bit to upgrade services/software, and improves this site, which is good for you.):
Kinnaird Bagpipes & Reeds (Canada)
Burnett's & Struth Scottish Regalia (Canada)
BagpipeCovers.com (UK) Hand crafted and custom bag covers.
Caledonian Creations (UK) Sporrans, swords, etc.
Henderson Imports (Michigan, USA)
House of Bagpipes (San Francisco, USA) Full-service bagpipers' supply.
Highland Gear (Ontario, Canada) Bag covers, license plate holders, etc.
Island Bagpipe (Canada)
Kilts and more (Germany)
Kinnaird Bagpipes & Reeds (Canada) Makers of the Piper's Pal and Kinnaird Drone Reeds
License to Kilt (Pennsylvania, USA) Band sales by Drew & Susan McLuckie.
McGillivray Piping (Ontario, Canada) Run by Gold Medalist Jim McGillivray
Moose Bagpipe Products (Australia)
Bennett Pipe Bags (Scotland) Proprietary sheepskin bags and Bannatyne bags.
Pipeline (New Jersey) Operated by Gerry Rooney for many years.
Ron Bowen's TheBagpipePlace (Ontario, Canada)
Saul Tuner (Australia) Electronic tuner just for bagpipes.
Tartantown (Canada)
Magazines & Other Periodicals
Piping Times Once published by the College of Piping, then the NPC.Piper and Drummer Online
Published by GHB Communications, Canada.The Scottish Banner
World’s largest international Scottish newspaper.Music Books
Scott Williams Publishing Books: Nova Scotia music, tune index, child piping story. Instructional Materials
Bagpipe Solutions John Cairns' Multi-volume learning program.
'How To' Piobaireachd Manuals Archie Cairns' learning program.
Pipe Major Bill Robertson's Bagpipe Tutorials Light music and piobaireachd.
Northumbrian Small Pipes Richard Bulter's instruction, maintenance, and tutor books.
Donald Chalmers Consise Tutor for the Practice Chanter (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
Year-Around Piping Schools
College of Piping, PEI Founded in 1990. Prince Edward Island, Canada.
National Piping Centre Founded in the last 10-15 years. Glasgow, Scotland.
Piping Workshops
Celtic Arts Foundation Highland and small pipes. Mount Vernon, Washington.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
rec.music.makers.bagpipe Unofficial FAQ Was maintained by the late Walt Innes.rec.music.makers.bagpipe FAQ
Music Software
Macintosh (My computer of choice, with my degree in Computer Science.)CelticPipes The only commerical bagpipes scoring program available for Mac OS X.
Huge Music Software Collection for Mac - Freeware & Shareware
You may be interested to read my article abc Notation for Bagpipes.
Windows
Bagpipe Music Writer GOLD The defacto standard.
CeolMor Software PiobMaster, DrumScriobh and Music Books.
Electric Pipes by the Baked Bean Company. Free reader program.
abc Software for Mac, Windows, etc.
The abc Plus Project Assorted open-source abc software at SourceForge.net.
Bagpipe Karaoke
Bagpipe Star Fully-produced backing tracks tuned to your chanter.
Music Hardware
Highland Bagpipe Tuner HBT Bagpipe Tuners by Murray Blair.
Associations & Society Sites
ANAPBA - Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (The mother ship of associations)EUSPBA - Eastern United States Pipe Band Association)
(United States)MWPBA - Midwest Pipe Band Association
(United States)WUSPBA - Western United States Pipe Band Association
(United States)RSPBA - Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association
(Glasgow, Scotland)RAFSPBA - Royal Air Force Scottish Pipe Band Association
(UK)CPA - Competing Pipers Association
(UK) Professional Grade Pipers Only.ASPD - Alberta Society of Pipers and Drummers
(Canada)PPBA - Prairie Pipe Band Association
(Canada)SPBA - Saskatchewan Pipe Band Association
(Canada)BCPA - The British Columbia Pipers' Association
(Canada)PPBSO - Piper's & Pipe Band Society of Ontario
(Canada)IPBA - Irish Pipe Band Association
(Ireland's GHB Association)APBA - Australian Pipe Band Association
SPBASA - Scottish Pipe Band Association of South America
PBAS - The Pipe Band Association of Scandinavia
NOvDB - The Netherlands Pipe Band Association
The Bagpipe Society (UK, but anyone can join.)
The Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish (Nova Scotia)
Inverness Piping Society (Inverness, Scotland)
Miscellaneous
Canntaireachd Piobaireachd has been traditionally taught using these sung "vocables."
Nether Lorn Canntaireachd As hosted by The Piobaireachd Society"
PM John Grant Dedicated to the life and works of the late John Grant, Gold Medalist and author of bagpiping books.
Internet Bagpipe Radio/TV - Music Download
Pipeline Weekly one hour BBC program featuring international piping.
Crunluath Weekly 30 minute BBC program from Radio nan Gaidheal.
Bagpipe Newsgroup/Forums/Boards/Chat
The best Internet discussion forum for bagpipes, highly active, lightly moderated:Bob Dunsire Forums
bobdunsire.com forums
The Internet discussion newsgroup for bagpipes, somewhat active, not moderated:
(Archives will be of more interest than current topics—a lot of garbage now.)
rec.music.makers.bagpipe
Bagpipe Newsgroup (& Archive) at Google.com
Reciprocal Links
Here are a number of music related sites that are linked to my site for which we've swapped links, and don't easily fit into another category:
Pipe Bands - USA (Sorted roughly East to West)
Creagan More Pipes and Drums North Shore, Massachusetts.
The Pipes and Drums of the Jersey Shore Shillelagh's Belmar, New Jersey.
United States Naval Academy Pipes and Drums Annapolis, Maryland.
Jacksonville Pipes and Drums Jacksonville, Florida.
Irish Thunder Pipe Band Swedesburg, Pennsylvania.
Muskegon Regional Police Pipes and Drums Muskegon County, Michigan.
Louisville Pipe Band Louisville, Kentucky.
Macalester College Pipe Band St. Paul, Minnosota.
Strathdon Caledonia Pipe Band Omaha, Nebraska.
Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band Mesa, Arizona.
Phoenix Pipe Band Phoenix, Arizona.
Prince Charles Pipe Band San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Silicon Valley Pipe Band Saratoga, California. (Formerly Stewart Tartan PB)
Pipe Bands - Canada
Elgin & District Pipes and Drums Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Streetsville Pipes & Drums Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Pipe Bands - Scotland/England/Ireland
Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band Scotland.
East Kilbride Pipe Band South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
RAF Halton Pipes and Drums Halton, England.
RAF Waddington Pipes and Drums Waddington, England.
Shirley Pipe Band Shirley, Solihull, England.
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band Northern Ireland.
St.Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band Dublin, Ireland.
Pipe Bands - Elsewhere
Western Australian Police Pipe Band Maylands, Western Australia.
Perth Highland Pipe Band Wembley Downs, Perth, Western Australia.
Pipers/Groups
San Francisco Bay Area Bagpiper, Jay Salter Based in Santa Cruz, California.
Michael Grey Solo piper (former band piper), CDs, Canada.
Fred Morrison Famous solo piper, CDs, tours internationally.
Matt Pantaleoni St. Louis, Missouri
Tim Carey Maryland.
Monterey Bay Scottish Bagpipe Research Group Monterey, California. (Archive.org)
Les Lannom Southern Illinois.
Pietro Malaguti Bologna, Italy
Eric McLewis France
Geoff Jones Bannockburn, Victoria, Australia
Jared Malone Forney, Texas
Chris Apps St. Louis, Missouri
Miscellaneous
Piping Up A French site—in french!—with information, links, and a forum.
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