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(Answer) (Category) Bagpipe FAQ : (Category) The Printed Word :
What about books on piping?
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The following books have been mentioned often. Sources, if available, are given in brackets. Addresses for the sources appear in part 2. 
     Baines, Anthony, "Bagpipes", Oxprint Ltd., 1960, ISSN 0306-7343 
     Breathnach, Brendan, "Ceol Rince na hEireann" (vol 1-3) [Na Piobari Uilleann] 
     Butler, Richard, "A Tutor for the Northumbrian Pipes" [Northumbrian Pipers Society] 
     Butler, Richard, "A Handbook for the Northumbrian Pipes" [Northumbrian Pipers Society] 
     Cannon, R.D., "The Highland Bagpipe and its Music", John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh,
     1988, ISBN 0-85976-153-3.
     Cannon, R.D. (ed), "Joseph Macdonald's compleat Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe", The
     Piobaireachd Society, ISBN 1-898405-41-7.      
     Cannon, R.D., "A Bibliography of Bagpipe Music", Glasgow, Bell & Bain Ltd, 1980, ISBN
     0-85976-024-3
     Cocks, W., and Bryan, "The Northumbrian Bagpipe" (out of print) [Northumbrian Pipers Society]
     NOTE: This book, though mentioned often, has long been out of print. 
     Garvin, Wilbert, "The Irish bagpipes : their construction and maintenance", Belfast, Blackstaff
     Press, 1978, ISBN 0-85640-149-8.
     Krassen, Miles, "O'Neill's Music of Ireland", New York, Oak, 1976, ISBN 0-8256-0173-8. 
     Pondos, Theodor H., "Bagpipes and Tunings", Information Coordinators Inc., 1435-37 Randolph
     St., Detroit, Mich., 48226, ISBN 911772-52-9. 
     Routledge, Tomas O'Canainn and Kegan, Paul, "Traditional Music in Ireland", London, Henley and
     Boston, 1978

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