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PIPING & DRUMMING SUPPLIES
THE PIPER'S HUT - Great resource for piping, drumming, uniforms and equipment for individuals and bands. Free USA shipping for any order over $40.
J. HIGGINS LTD. - Has bagpipe and drumming gear, some unique and affordable uniform options that's difficult to source elsewhere. Also has several helpful videos to aid in measuring for ordering in the correct size that you need.
HENDERSON'S IMPORTS - Has a great selection of bagpipes, practice chanters, drums and drum parts, as well as uniforms. They also have payment plans in case you'd like to make payments, like if you want a bagpipe but aren't quite ready to play it yet so don't need it immediately, and want to put it on layaway.
THE PIPER'S COVE - Has a few products not carried by the other vendors as well as great prices on many of its bagpipes and accessories. The oldest continually operating family-owned Bagpipe & Kilt shop in the United States, they've been in business since 1982. Most items ship at the flat rate of $8.95.
PIPELINE - They carry a large selection of bagpipe accessories and primarily carry McCallum and MacRae bagpipes.
CLAYMORE IMPORTS - Carries a very large selection of brogues, uniforms, bagpipes, and bagpipe accessories. They have a flat rate of $7.95 for shipping, as well as free shipping for any orders over $300.
LONESTAR PIPER - Bagpipes, chanters, drums, kilts, and more. Based out of the state of Texas, they also offer bagpipe refurbishing and offer financing through Paypal credit and 'pay later' services.
DUNCAN'S BAGPIPE SUPPLY- Offers a variety of interesting and unique accessories and gifts. From bagpipe accessories, to Celtic themed Holiday ornaments and even Scottish themed Onsies for the wee little ones.
REED WRANGLER- "This is a flexible mouthpiece that fits over any round or oval blowstick. It is the only one of its kind on the market. Over 10,000 have been sold worldwide and are used by beginners and professionals alike."
FLINT PERCUSSION - They offer the 'Super XTS 2' pipe band snare drum and claim that it is the lightest high tension snare drum in the world. They have two versions: a 10.5" deep model and a 7" deep model. Both are 14" in diameter and impressively carries their sound to match or outperform competitors. They also offer tenor and bass drums as well.
USA KILTS - Unique uniform components: kilts, kilt pins, hat pins, piper hose, belts, buckles, ghillie brogues, and much more to complete your Highland wear outfit. Lots of informative videos such as how to measure and wear a kilt, how to tie your ghillie brogues, and several other videos covering many topics.
Neckbone Graphics - "Neckbone Graphics is the industry leader in offering custom Remo drumheads printed with your special graphics. Promote your performing ensemble with digitally created, high-quality images of any design! "
BAGPIPE MANUFACTURERS
McCallum Bagpipes - Manufactures their bagpipes using CNC machining to get their blanks profiled, then hand-finished by skilled craftsmen. This is a quality instrument that is based on a Lawries bagpipe design but re-engineered for a deeper tone from the bass drone.
They offer both traditional African Blackwood as well as a line of affordable, but high quality, Acetyl (instrument-grade poly plastic) bagpipes that are great for youth pipers, or inclement/cold/wet weather when something more resilient than wood is needed.
They also have a line of Uillean pipes from Fred Morrison and manufactures several versions of small pipes. MacRae bagpipes are also manufactured by them, copied from a unique, original MacRae design.
R.G. Hardie Bagpipes - This company was founded in 1950 and have a long running reputation for quality and ingenuity. They are the maker of the popular 'twist trap' practice chanter with their built-in moisture trap, and have a line of finely carved African Blackwood bagpipes in their Peter Henderson Bagpipe set, part of their Celtic Heritage line.
They also make an interesting 'practice pipes' suitable for beginners looking for a middle ground between the practice chanter and the Great Highland Bagpipes, giving the ability to practice bag work on an easier to play and control practice chanter set up.
Kilberry Bagpipes - Artisan bagpipe makers located in the heart of Edinburgh. They are made by hand, one at a time, and are manufactured to your specifications.
Stirling Bagpipes - This company hand-makes new bagpipes, refurbishes/repairs old pipes, and also offers older, refurbished antique pipes for sale.
Dunbar Bagpipes - Established in 1967 by Jack Dunbar in Canada. Jack had apprenticed with Henderson bagpipes in Scotland in the 1930's and his sets are based on those designs, renowned for their larger drone bores and big sound. He is also one of the pioneers and originators of the polypenco-instrument grade plastic-bagpipes and they have been played around the world. Also offers refurbishing, repairs, and upgrades to any set of bagpipes, not just what Dunbar makes.
David Nail & Co. Bagpipes - Long beloved by soloists and those looking for a refined bagpipe sound, this company started in 1976. Nail manufactures a line of bagpipes as well as some pretty well-known, world renowned chanters suitable for both competitive bands and the discerning soloist.
C.E. Kron - This company has been making bagpipes since 1987. They offer sets in traditional African Blackwood with custom options, and in Cocus wood as well.
Kintail Bagpipes - Makers of Kintail, David Glen & Sons, and J & R Glen bagpipes. Known for making fine-quality instruments with a refined sound.
MacLellan Bagpipes - This company began in 1988 and is known for its meticulous care to detail and craftsmanship. They manufacture in small batches, by hand, all of their bagpipes and strive to make a high quality instrument worthy to be passed down through the generations.
Colin Kyo Bagpipes - Murray Huggins is a maker of hand-made, fine custom bagpipes. He primarily works with African Blackwood, but there are older sets of his that were manufactured from recycled African Blackwood dust mixed with an epoxy and finished on a lathe just as traditional wood pipes are made. Nowadays, he uses resin ivory and sterling silver mounts, does custom engraving, and offers full Great Highland Bagpipe sets, smallpipes, and chanters.
Gibson Bagpipes - Manufactured in New Hampshire, USA and started in 1978 by Jerry Gibson. They make sets of Great Highland Bagpipes, smallpipes, Ceilidh pipes, practice chanters, and offer their own style of practice chanter reed.
LEARNING
PIPING
THE PIPER'S DOJO - Andrew Douglas runs the Dojo University, a self-paced, online-based learning website that offers several in-depth courses from the very beginning of learning on the practice chanter, to reading music, learning how to tune, and transitioning to the full set of bagpipes. They also offer several live classes on many topics for the absolute beginners looking to get started to more advanced players looking to polish their embellishment technique.
There are options for paying monthly or annually at a discounted rate to suit a variety of financial needs. One of the best sites out there to learn the bagpipes at your leisure in an unpressured environment. Several of our band members are using his courses for supplemental training.
The Piper's Dojo also offers Scottish Snare drumming with all the same benefits of in-depth courses and live classes with accomplished drummer Ed Best who offers his over 40 years of experience as an A level drummer and ensemble judge with EUSPBA/WUSPBA. All at an affordable $30 a month with new content constantly being added.
NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE - Based in Glasgow, Scotland, they serve as a national and international centre of excellence for the instrument and its music. Offering world class bagpipe education, the finest Scottish food and beautiful bedrooms, as well as a large event space ideal for weddings and the Museum of Piping which features treasures of the piping world.
BOB DUNSIRE FORUMS - Bob Dunsire launched the Forums in 2001 in an effort bring together the piping and drumming communites. Sadly, Bob Dunsire passed away in 2006, but his legacy continues to live on as the 'Bob Dunsire Forums' are popular as ever with a large community helping it continue to thrive.
EUSPBA - "The EUSPBA recognizes that music competitions provide a means of improving piping, drumming, and pipe band musical performances, and has established a set of rules and regulations. We aspire to assist individuals and bands in reaching, not only their highest competitive potential, but also raising the level of our art. Contests that agree to follow the EUSPBA guidelines may be sanctioned by the association. EUSPBA sanctioning provides competitors a measure of uniformity in terms of rules, standards, and judging."
THE COLLEGE OF PIPING - Now owned by the National Piping Centre, this is a series of YouTube videos you can follow along with your 'Green' COP tutor.
MATT WILLIS BAGPIPER - An extremely useful resource. Matt Willis makes several videos to help the beginner and intermediate piper improve their piping techniques and skills. He also offers private online tutoring and has a Patreon site on which he publishes even more bagpipe content on.
ANDREW LENZ'S BAGPIPE JOURNEY - The site is old but still has lots of good information contained within. There are many piping resources from tutorials on bagpipe parts, reeds, and even a downloadable .pdf 'inches of water' scale to print out and use in conjunction with a home-made water manometer.
Bagpipe News - Operated by The National Piping Centre and is a news outlet for everything piping related. Lots of bagpipe related tips, advice, reviews, and news about current events in the piping world.
Piping Press was launched in 2014 and is a free, independent, not for profit web magazine with news, views, features and information from the piping and pipe band worlds.
Ceol Sean: The World's Largest On-line Collection of Free Bagpipe Music.
"Since September of 2000, Ceol Sean has created over 35 bagpipe tune collections on CD, and we're now making those collections available on-line for free! We have thousands of individual tune settings on our site, which you can: a) view on-line, b) print, or c) save to your computer. We hope that pipers and celtic music fans will find this site to be a useful resource. "
Bagpipe Tunes: Over 5500 tunes for the Great Highland Bagpipe in BWW, BMW, and PiobMaster formats available for download!
DRUMMING
RHYTHM MONSTER - A comprehensive drumming learning resource that has several drumming styles to choose from. Of course, you'll be wanting to select Scottish Pipe Band drumming when playing with Scottish style musicians, such as the Dunlap Highland Band. They have a Free Membership option that allows you to view all the courses they have to offer with a selection of full-access options for trying out a few. For premium access to all of their content it's $159 a year or $25 a month.
SIMON GRANT PIPE BAND DRUMMING - Scottish Pipe Band Drumming Exercises, Drum Scores, Drumming Qualifications, Tutorials, Lessons and everything in between. Most of his exercise and drum score videos have music on the screen and are based on lessons and will teach you how to play. All SQA qualification levels have dedicated playlists for each level and a booklet which can be sent by request.
SCOTTISH DRUM LESSONS - The YouTube channel of Ed Best, the head drumming instructor at The Piper's Dojo. He has lots of free lesson materials on his channel that are invaluable to the beginning and intermediate Scottish snare drum player.
PIPE BAND DRUMMER - "Upon returning to pipe bands in 2011, I realized that large gaps existed in the educational materials available to aspiring pipe band drummers. After several years of learning and planning I decided to create this website and PipeBandDrummer.com went live on January 1, 2017. Soon after I began writing regular blog posts, booking recording studio sessions with Bruce Gandy, filming videos for a YouTube channel and planning for three Ebooks (now finished) The Bare Bones: A Reading Method for Pipe Band Drummers (2017), Roll Call: Identifying and Executing Rolls in the Five Pipe Band Styles (2018), and Zero to 60: The 60 Rudiments of Pipe Band Drumming in the Five Pipe Band Styles (2020). It has been a very challenging and humbling journey so far (also very fun) and it still feels like I'm just getting started!"
CULTURE
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF MAINE - Home of the Maine Highland Games and the Festival at Fort No. 4. They are a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the support and advancement of traditional Scottish arts, language, and cultural education by providing scholarships to students who demonstrate exceptional skills and a commitment to preserving the Scottish heritage.
SCOTS' CHARITABLE SOCIETY - "The Scots’ Charitable Society is the oldest charitable organization in the Western Hemisphere. Originally Founded in 1657 in Massachusetts and incorporated in 1786, Scots’ Charitable Society aims to help people of Scottish heritage by providing relief to Scottish-American individuals and families in need, and by granting undergraduate scholarships to the Scottish-American community. "
SCOTS IN NEW ENGLAND - "Working collaboratively with our trade and investment partners in New England, We are very much looking forward to sharing news about key industries, new and noteworthy innovations, and events showcasing the inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit that Scotland is renowned for worldwide."
Maine Ulster-Scots - "The Ulster-Scots story in Maine and their influence on New England has been greatly overlooked and oversimplified by traditional historical narratives. U.S. census data 2020 confirms that Maine has, per capita, the highest percentage of self-identified Scottish and Scots-Irish descendants in the entire USA.
Our mission is to promote awareness of Maine’s Scots-Irish heritage and to gather, save, and share the stories of Maine’s Scotch-Irish families."
"THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND FOUNDATION USA encourages Americans to connect with the things that make Scotland unique – from coastlines to castles, from art to architecture, from wildlife to wilderness – our mission is to protect them for future generations."
Colaisde na Gàidhlig | The Gaelic College - "Colaisde na Gàidhlig is first and foremost an educational non-profit institution, offering year-round programming in the culture, music, language, crafts, customs, and traditions of the immigrants from the Highlands of Scotland. The only institution of its kind in North America, students of all ages and skill levels visit the College every year to study under some of the finest instructors in Nova Scotia Gaelic culture. "
WHEN THE PIPERS PLAY - The original full length version of When The Pipers Play. Winner of four awards, this is the definitive history of the great Highland bagpipe in peace and war. Narrated by Hannah Gordon, Tom Conti and Charlton Heston, this compelling story combines inspiring songs with stunning footage, bringing to the screen a unique insight into one of the world’s most popular instruments.
PIPERS OF THE TRENCHES - BBC Scotland Documentary. Looking at the role of the Pipers who served in the Highland Divisions of the British Army during the First World War. We also see the descendants of former Piping ‘heroes’, including Victoria Cross recipient Daniel Logan Laidlaw (26 July 1875 – 2 June 1950), visiting the scenes of Battle. Also featured is cutting edge audio technology recreating the sound of the Battle of the Somme interlaced with Pipes. We will remember them.
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