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Instrument & reed makers and other craftspeople:

• UK & Eire

  • R.T.Shepherd Bagpipes, Scotland
  • Pipe makers in Ireland, list of NSP, GHB, & UP makers
  • Kilberry Bagpipes, Edinburgh
  • Bagpipe Maintenance & Restoration Service
  • Julian Goodacre - Bagpipe Maker
  • Alan and Joan Ginsberg, bagpipe makers, Uilleann pipe makers, Wales
  • AppsReeds Home Page
  • PM Mark Bennett Pipe Bags & Drone Reeds
  • Celtic Express Tuff Plastic Drone Reeds
  • Leader Bagpipes founded by noted piper Gordon Mooney
  • CLEARTONE Plastic Drone Reeds Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Alastair Gray Bagpipe maker - Scottish smallpipes
  • Alan Logan Premier Highland Bagpipe Maker: Chanters, Minatures,Uilliean,Ceilidh & Great Highland Pipes
  • P/M Mark Bennett Pipe Bags
  • Ray Sloan - Maker of Uilleann Pipes, Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes
  • Henderson Reedmakers
  • James Warnock Reedmakers
  • Pettigrew Bagpipes
  • SCOTTISH SMALL PIPES By IAN KINNEAR
  • MacMurchie Bagpipe Makers

• North America

  • Bagpipes by Dunbar, St. Catherines, Ontario
  • Casey Burns, pipe maker
  • The Wee Piper - Michael Mac Harg, pipemaker: GHB, other pipes and clarinets, Vermont. Another page at The Wee Piper (Michael Mac Harg)
  • Poole's aluminum practice chanters, Cabot, AR
  • G.H. Boyd Music Systems: electronic pipes & MIDI chanters
  • Zetland smallpipes
  • The Sound of Kyle, bagpipes and Kyle plastic drone reeds, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Colin MacLellan Reeds
  • Gibson Bagpipes Inc.Eastlake, Ohio
  • Cushing Bagpipe ITHACA, NY
  • Feadan Airgied - MacLellan Bagpipes, NJ - also silverwork
  • Highland-Pipemaker.com - MacLellan Bagpipes
  • Mark Wygent, Reedmaker
  • Gerry Raycroft, cane drone reeds, 307 Poonamalie Rd, N, RR#3 Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, K7A 4S4, tel 613-283-6481. Fax 613-283-8914. email to raycroft@recorder.ca
  • Peter Crisler Pipes - GHBs made in Middletown, Kentucky, also tongues for Shepherd drone reeds
  • C.E. Kron & Co. : Highland Bagpipe Makers
  • Walker Metalsmiths Celtic Jewelry - including bagpipe mounts
  • Sterling Silver Bagpipe Fittings Houston, Honolulu
  • Megarity-Ross Reeds, CA
  • MacPipes - electronic pipes similar to the old BazPipes.

  Rest of the World, Misc & Lists

  • Fagerstrom Scandanavian electronic chanter
  • Bagpipe makers in Europe
  • Bagpipe Web's list of makers
  • DegerPipes Electronic Bagpipe Chanter. German e-pipe with wavetable sound and MIDI output.
  • Plastic Drone Reeds - Iain Indian & Colin V. Cairns
  • ROS bagpipes - Sweden
  • Marc van Daal - UP maker in NL
  • GAITA MIDI - MIDI BAGPIPE

Principal Purveyors of Pipes and Paraphernalia

URLAR: David Williams Bagpipe Supplies Page, price comparisons for major online pipe dealers.
EBay Items matching ( bagpipe* ) .

• Canada

  • Scott's Highland Services, Ontario
  • L & M Highland Outfitters, Nova Scotia
  • Tartantown, British Columbia
  • McIntosh's Highland Bagpipe and Reed Suppliers N. Delta, B.C., Canada. (Not the American McIntosh's in Texas)
  • TREASURE ISLES TRADING COMPANY, Pipes & Supplies, Winnipeg
  • George's Music Bagpipe supplies, Prince George, British Columbia
  • The Tartan Trail - Bagpipe Supplier in Brantford, Ont
  • Celtworks - P/M Michael Grey's bagpipe supplies, Milton, Ontario
  • Valley Highland Supply - Paris, Ontario
  • The Piper's Hut
  • Robinson's Music Supplies, forest, Ontario

  USA

  • Celtic Fire, Ltd: Bagpipes, Whistles, Reedmaking supplies
  • J. Higgins, Ltd. in Lenexa, KS
  • Rocky Mountain Highland Supply, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Cuillinn Craft Main Menu Piping & Drumming supplies, Highland Dress. San Leandro, California
  • Song of the Sea piping page. Bar Harbor, Maine.
  • Pipers Cove, Kearny , New Jersey, Kilt rentals, kilts, bag pipes, accessories and more.
  • The Scot's Den - Bagpipes and Drums, in Ohio
  • Sandy St. James Inc., Bagpipe & Kilts Distributor, Dumont, NJ.
  • Aberdeen Bagpipe Supply - North American agent for Dunfion Bagpipes. Houston, TX
  • Henderson Imports, Ltd. - Bagpipes & Bagpipe Accessories, Traverse City, Michigan
  • AGMI BAGPIPE SALES- US Kilberry imports
  • Celtica's Call - Gibson Bagpipes dealer
  • Wee Hoose of Supplies, Chalfont, PA
  • Cabar Feidh: Scottish Clothes, Drums and Bagpipes - Biddeford Maine
  • The Tartan Thistle - Home Freeland, Washington state
  • House of Bagpipes, San Francisco. Dealers for Naill and Kron bagpipes, & other supplies including EZ-drone reeds. E-mail Lynne Miller at LMiller160@aol.com.
  • JOHN RECKNAGEL - CLASSIC BAGPIPES
  • Coyne Celtic Imports Larchmont, N.Y
  • Misty Glen Bagpipes - PA
  • www.houseofbagpipes.com , San Francisco
  • PipeLine Home Page - Haskell, NJ
  • Highland X Press - Dance & Highland attire, music, etc.
  • THE SOLO PIPER 1999 CATALOG
  • C&C Bagpipe Supply - Glouster MA
  • Hughes Bagpipes - Lubbock, Texas
  • McCoill Associates, Pipe Band Supply - NJ

  UK, Eire, & elsewhere

  • Pipe Box, UK suppliers
  • Robert Wallace Bagpipes, Scotland, Naill dealer
  • Piob Mhor - Traditional Highland and Pipe Band Products. Blairgowrie, Perthshire
  • Bagpipes Galore! nice shop at the foot of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. New & used pipes.
  • CABAR FEIDH INVERNESS, SCOTLAND, Bagpipes & Highland Dress Specialists, Bagpipe Maintenance & Restoration Service
  • Nicoll Brothers - Highland Wear - Sporrans, Doublet, Feather Bonnets, Regalia, Brogues
  • Celtic Express Bagpipes, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
  • Clan Albanach, South Queensferry Scotland  - Kiltmakers & Bagpipes
  • Macleod Highland Supplies - Glasgow
  • Stewart Highland Supplies Laurieston, Scotland
  • A.T. MacLachlan Highland Suplies - Luton
  • Edinburgh Bagpipe Supplies

Other instrument vendors:

• Bagpipe kits from Early Music Shop
• Rikkis Music Shop Mail Order Instruments (UK)
• The Bagpipe Classifieds at Bagpipe Web
• Lark In the Morning
• Tayberry Music - Celtic Music
• Mid-East Mfg., Inc., Florida "parts are made in Pakistan and tested here in the U.S."
• Hobgoblin Music, GHBs, SSPs, NSPs, UPs, Early pipes, of Caledonian and "other" manufacture. The Hobgoblin Bagpipe Page
• By the Sword Early Music Instruments, Luray, Virginia
• HMT Bagpipes & practice chanters catalog
• The Highland Pipe Company
• Celtic Cultures Bellows Falls, VT

Recordings (audio & video) and books:

• Iona/Lismor Records homepage
• Lismor Recordings The World Pipe Band Championships
• Rampant Lion Celtic Traders
• Bagpipe Music: Temple Records
• Scottish CD page at CDWorld. Some pretty good stuff.
• Greentrax Recordings
• Maritime Trading Co., Nova Scotia, carry CDs and tapes by The Gaelic College Pipe Band & Rawlins Cross
• Portland America Distributing, Maine, Music from Scotland and Nova Scotia - great selection!
• B & L Video, Ontario. Videos of tattoos, other Scottish music, castles etc.
• Lyrichord World Music - Ireland, Scotland & Spain
• Bagpipe books and Bagpipe Music - reprints of classics from Unicorn Books, West Virginia
• Tayberry Music books department has a number of piping items
• Seabright Murphy Video Productions, Nova Scotia, "The Pipes, the Pipes are Calling"
• Elderly Instruments, sign up for mail-order catalog, not much online
• Highlander Music Ltd., Scottish CDs and tapes. Have secure Web order form.
• HIGHLAND HARMONIES "A comprehensive collection of harmonies, together with their matching melody settings."
• Rounder Records On-line -- Contents
• ROUNDER TEMPLE Piping CDs
• SOUNDS OF SCOTLAND - Bagpipe CD Catalog, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• THE SPAULDING COLLECTION
• AT THE HALT
• Culburnie Records - Skyedance albums, with Eric Rigler & Alasdair Fraser
• Gael Force Imports, Celtic Music & Jewelry
• Tidemark Music & Distribution Ltd. On-Line Catalogue
• A Selection of Scottish Snare Drum Beatings
• two exciting Scottish Music Collections
• The Gathering of the Clans: A Survey and Analysis of the Gathering Piobaireachdan of the Scottish Highland Clans
• FolkWorld - CDs
• A tape by Ian Lawther - various pipes
• Highland Emigrants' Piping Tutor by Iain Sherwood
• Lismor Piping Pages - Books
• Scotland's Music Store
• The Crieff Collection -"Original highland bagpipe compositions by Mark J. Stewart"
• IRELAND COMPILATIONS / SCOTTISH PIPES & DRUMS
• Klub Records piping catalog
• Scotland's Music Store

Misc:

• Bagpipe Jewellry, UK
• MacLeods Scottish Shops, Elora and Stratford, Ontario. Jewelry, Kilts, etc & a sketchy list of CDs and tapes.
• Kilt Carrie Home Page
• Great Scot - Imported Scottish Goods
• FABRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CASES
• the proboe shop: by VAR the best Reed Cane
• The finest reedcane in the world? Sardinian Cane
• Bagpipe Definition Tee Shirt
• EVERYTHING SCOTTISH Linville NC
• Legendary Scottish Weapons - Dirks and Sgian Dubhs from Atlanta Cutlery
• Ray Doherty Transit Cases - for harps and pipes, Dublin
• Canada Post Corporation -Highland Games - Maxville Commemorative Stamp, Aug 1 1998.
• Judy Minor Studio - "Pipes" - limited edition prints, featured on cover of 'Piper & Drummer'
• Heritage Studio: Military Music - artwork
• The Scottish Inverness Cape Company
• Craigie Originals, A collection of Quality Sporrans
• The Kilter - The Ultimate storage and transportation solution for kilts and highland wear.
• Welcome to British Heritage Gifts and Accents
• www.thetartanbox.com, Alloway, Scotland: "tartan and clan products and genuine Scottish goods"