Links

Organizations-

Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society

Bagpipe Society

Na Piobairi Uilleann

Northumbrian Pipers’ Society

Uilleann Pipers Club – Seattle

 

Alt. Piping Events-

Piper’s Gathering, annual event, Litchfield CT

Upper Potomac Pipers Weekend, annual event, Shepherdstown, WV

Cairdeas pipes & fiddles weekend, Huntington Center, VT

Spanish Peaks Piping Retreat, annual event, La Veta, CO

Celtic Arts Foundation Mt. Vernon, WA  has numerous events, including piping days/weekends

Discussion Groups-

Bob Dunsire Forum

Chiff and Fipple

Bellows Pipes List

Pipe Makers-

Bagpipe makers in the US and Canada are making some of the world’s finest musical instruments. APNA receives no benefits from these craftsmen and does not endorse one over another; these links are provided strictly as a public service to the piping community.

GHB = Great Highland Bagpipe

SSP =  Scottish Small Pipes

NSP = Northumbrian Smallpipes

Banton and Woodson, SSP/Border pipes

Carbony Celtic Winds  SSP/GHB/gaita

MIchael Dow, Architectural Woodcarving LLC     smallpipes bellows

Favre Pipes. Boris Favre. Swedish, Scottish, Irish Bagpipes

Fisher Bagpipes. Wayne Fisher. GHB and SSP

Gibson Bagpipes Inc. GHB and ceildh pipes

Seth Hamon Bagpipes. Swedish, Irish and Scottish Bagpipes

Pinchbeck Pipes.  Chris Pinchbeck.  SSP

Quietpiper Scottish Smallpipes, Robert Felsburg.  SSP, bellows

Sharp Bagpipes. Mike Sharp NSP, SSP reeds and repairs

Tidy Cottage Smallpipes. E. J. Jones. SSP

John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd.. GHB, SSP, Shuttle pipes

The Wee Piper Bagpipe Builder. Michael MacHarg. Many kinds of bagpipes

Uilleann Pipe Makers List (world – through Na Piobairi Uilleann)