Bagpipe FAQ :
Part 2: Piping Related Resources
2000-May-09 13:40 redbeard@xmission.com
Rec.music.makers.bagpipe Resource List
REC.MUSIC.MAKERS.BAGPIPE FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Bagpipe Resources List
(Bagpipe FAQ can be found here.)
NOTE: Telephone numbers are given in the format local to the addressee's country. Consult your telephone directory for international dialing prefixes if you are calling out of country. The following abbreviations are used to indicate country of origin:
| AU - Australia | CA - Canada | DE - Germany |
| IR - Ireland | UK - United Kingdom | US - United States |
| Cushing Bagpipe and Harp Co. 83 W. Jersey Hill Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 | J. Dunbar Bagpipe Maker, Ltd. 14 Keefer Rd. Port Weller St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2M 7N9 Tel(CA): 416 682-9344 |
| Gibson Bagpipes, Inc. 1090 Erie Road, Unit C Eastlake, Ohio 44095 Tel(US): (440) 946-7864 Fax(US): (440) 946-8028 | Gillanders & McLeod, Ltd. 103 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh EH9 1AT Tel(UK): 0131 447 8863 Fax(UK): 0131 452 8709 |
| R.G. Hardie & Co. 721857 24 Renfrew St. Glasgow G2 3BN Scotland Tel(UK): 0141 332 Fax(UK): 0141 332 8381 | Kilberry Bagpipes Edinburgh, Scotland email: kilberry@clan.com |
| Kintail Fountain Road, Bridge of Allan, FK9 4ET, Scotland Tel(UK): (0786) 834454 Fax(UK): (0786) 834454 | |
| C.E. Kron 145 Palisade Ave. Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522 Tel(US): (914) 693-7655 Fax(US): (914) 674-4651 | Angus M. Lawrie 22 Locherburn Ave. Houston, Renfrewshire PA6 7NQ Scotland Tel(UK): 01505 28494 |
| Feadan Airgied (Roderick MacLellan) 76 Grove St. Montclair, NJ 07042 USA Day: (201) 461-1130 Evening: (201) 783-0873 email: c/o KDXK88A@prodigy.com | David Naill & Co. Unit 1d, Brunel Way Mart Industrial Estate Minehead, Somerset TA24 5BJ England Tel(UK): 01643 707629 Fax(UK): 01643 706858 |
| Sharp & Co., Ltd. (Kintail) Mountain Rd. Bridge of Allan FK9 4ET Scotland Tel(UK): 01786 834454 | R.T.Shepherd & Son Bagpipes 164 Jamphlars Road Cardenden, Fife KY5 0ND Scotland Tel(UK): 01592 720130 Fax(UK): 01592 email: shepherd-bagpipes@dial.pipex.com |
| Wm Sinclair & Son 1 Madeira Street Leith EH6 4AJ Scotland Tel(UK): 0131 554 3489 | The Sound of Kyle 9304 - 63rd Ave. Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6E 0G4 Ph (403) 436-9615 Fax (403) 436-9615 email: gneville@v-wave.com |
(Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipe)[Thanks to Dean Karres <karres@southwind.net> Dean maintains the "Uilleann PipeInfo List" at Http://www.southwind.net/~karres/_music/_pipe/Uilleann.html]
[NOTE: The names and addresses appearing in this table have been culled from correspondence on the mailing list, and may or may not be current. Na Piobari Uilleann, the Irish Pipers' Society has produced a booklet, "Makers of Uilleann pipes" which is free to anyone who wants a copy. It contains details of 34 makers as well as other useful information and advice. The address is in this appendix under "PIPING ORGANIZATIONS".]
| Ancestral Instruments Tudor Lodge, Pymoor Lane, Pymoor, Ely, Cambridgeshire. CB6 2EE. England. Telephone: (UK) 1353 698084 Fax : 1353 662489 email: marshall@gmm.co.uk | Timothy Britton 608 S. 3rd St. Fairfield, IA 52556 Tel(US): 515 472-4005 |
| Casey Burns 9962 Shorty Campbell Road Kingston, WA 98346 Tel (US) 360 297-4020 email: cburns@kendaco.telebyte.com | Bruce Childress PO Box 231 Gardner, MA 01440 Tel(US): 508 632-4114 |
| Cushing Bagpipe and Harp Co. 83 W. Jersey Hill Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 | James Daily 29 Clouston St Glasgow, T20 8QR Scotland Tel(UK): 0141 946 3711 |
| Alain G. Froment Kilkeana Kenmare Co. Kerry, Ireland Tel(IR): 353 64 41026 | Julian Goodacre 4 Elcho Street Peebles, Scotland EH45 8LQ Tel(UK): 01721 722539 |
| Bill Hart Willarong Rd Mt Colah NSW 2079 Australia Tel(AU): (02) 987 4827 | |
| Mark Hillmann 2922 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009 Tel(US): 202 986-1096 | Eugene Lambe Creagh Woodwinds Fanore, Co. Clare, Ireland |
| Alan Logan Logan Pipes 25 Grant StInverness, Scotland Tel(UK): 01463 233615 | Kirk Lynch P.O. Box 128 Weston, MO 60498 Tel(US): 816 386-2163 |
| Charles Roberts Pipes King's Mountain Glencar, Co. Sligo Ireland | Andreas Rogge Westbahnhofstrasse 6072070 Tubingen Germany Tel(DE): 07071-436-79 |
| Patrick Sky 2000 Ridgewood Rd. #312 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Tel(US): 919 929-2048 | John Walsh P.O. Box 1423 Antigonish, N.S. Canada B2G 2L7 Tel(CA): (902) 863-0815 FAX (902) 863-0535 email: walsh@istar.ca,/a> |
| Nick Whitmer Rt. 1, Box 58 Port Republic, VA 24471 Tel(US): 703 249-5410 email: nwhitmer@leo.vsla.edu | Dave Williams The Old School House Spilsby, Lincolnshire England |
| Geoff Wooff DoonagoreDoolin, Co. Clare Ireland |
A.3) HIGHLAND BAGPIPE REED MAKERS
| Chris Apps 78 South Street Tillingham, Southminster, Essex CM0 7TH ENGLAND Tel(UK): (+44) 01621 778175 Fax(UK): (+44) 0162 779166 email: chris@appsreeds.demon.co.uk | Caldwell Reedmakers 38 Beltany Road Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland> |
| Gibson Bagpipes, Inc. 1090 Erie Road, Unit C Eastlake, Ohio 44095 Tel(US): (440) 946-7864 Fax(US): (440) 946-8028 | |
| Sandy Hain 4661 Lisa LaneNorth Royalton, Ohio 44136 (216)582-4837 email: syhain@aol.com | J. Higgins, Inc .P.O. Box 14341 Lenexa, KS 66285-4341 (800) 426-7268 |
| Iain Indian and Colin Cairns Tel(AU): 61 (0)3 9335 2240 Fax(AU): 61 (0)3 9338 7753 email: riainind@ozemail.com.au | Kirk Johnstone johnst2@total.net |
| Colin R. MacLellan Highland Bagpipe Reedmaker 7 - 585 O'Connor Street Ottawa, Ont. K1S 3R2 Tel(CA): (613) 234-1826 email: CRM@cyberus.ca | McIntosh Bagpipe Supplies (Cusack/MacPhee) 6003 Valkeith Houston, TX 77096-3832 (713) 723-5434 |
| Pipe Dreams 1129 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8ND Scotland U.K. Tel/Fax(UK) 0141-248 5558 | R.T.Shepherd & Son Bagpipes 164 Jamphlars Road Cardenden, Fife KY5 0ND Scotland Tel(UK): 01592 720130 Fax(UK): 01592 |
| Noel A Slagle 1715 Alcester Rd. Cleveland OH 44124-3340 Tel(US): 440-442-3437 | |
| Mark Wygent 46 Saddler Dr. Christiana, PA 17509-9703 (610) 593-5353 |
A.4) PIPE SUPPLIERS, RETAILERS AND MAIL ORDER
[NOTE: Do not interpret the listing of a business below as an endorsement. No endorsement is intended or implied. Most of these businesses offer a mail order service, and many have catalogs that are free or available for a nominal charge. Call or write the individual business for details.]
| All Things Scottish P.O. Box 504 Brockville, Ontario Canada K6V 5T7 Tel(CA): 613 342-5672 email: clandon@cybertap.com | Andy's Front Hall P.O. Box 307, Wormer Road Voorheesville, NY 12186 Tel(US): 518 765-4193 Fax(US): 518 765-4344 email: fennig@aol.com | |
| Bagpipes Galore 118 Canongate, The Royal Mile Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8DD Tel(UK): 0131-556-4073 Fax(UK): 0131-556-1220 | ||
| R.P. Blandford & Son 204 Orange St Redlands, CA 92373 Tel(US): 909 798-1060 Fax(US): 909 862-4344 email: lhenderson@esri.com | The British Shop 2799 Delaware Avenue Kenmore, NY 14217 Tel(US): 716 874-6064 email: britishshop@buffnet.net | |
| Burnett and Struth Scottish Regalia Ltd. 61 Patterson Road Barrie, Ontario Canada L4N 3V9 Tel(CA): 705 728-3232 Fax(CA): 705 728-2962 email: sales@burnetts-struth.com | Celtic Fire, Ltd. P.O. Box 1294 Forestdale, MA 02644 Tel(US): 508 833-3724 Fax(US): 508 833-3625 email: celtfire@tiac.net | |
| Celtworks Michael Grey, Proprietor P.O. Box 218 Miltown, Ontario L9T 4N9 Tel(CA): (416) 485-0440 Fax(CA): (416) 485-7116 | The Church Piper Publications 241 Athlone Drive Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3J 3L6 Tel(CA): 204 832-5475 | |
| The Complete Piping Service Lindsay Davidson, Proprietor Po Box 13510 Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland EH49 6YH Tel/Fax(UK): +44 (0)1506 671299 | Crawley Brothers Highland Supply 5460 Pearl Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44129 Tel (440) 886-5572 email: crawley@nls.net | |
| Cuillinn Craft 4129 G Penniman Ct. Oakland, CA 94619 USA Tel 510 437-1689 email: mamoto@sirius.com | Everything Scottish, Ltd. P.O. Box 398 Linville, NC 28646 Tel(US): 704 733-1399 email: George's Music Bagpipe supplies 7098 Guelph Crescent Prince George, B.C. Canada V2N 3P1 Fax 250 964-3668 email: music@netbistro.com | Gillie Company 5545 Warden Ave. Edina, MN 55436 Tel(US): 612 831-5350 |
| Henderson Imports/ Great Lakes Scottish Supply P.O. Box 1591 Acme, MI 49610-1591 TEL: 616-938-7032 FAX: 616-938-7038 email: james@bagpipes-henderson.com | Henderson Reedmakers P.O. Box 3 Angus DD8 4YF Scotland Tel(UK): 01575 72351 | |
| J. Higgins, Ltd. P.O. 14341 Lenexa, KS 66285 Tel(US): 800 426-7268 email: jhiggins@qni.com | ||
| Highland Heritage, Ltd. 1601 Concord Pike, Suite 69 Wilmington, DE 19803 Tel(US): 302 656-4007 | House of Bagpipes Mr Lynn Miller CA Tel(US): 415 452-4220 | |
| House of Musical Traditions 7040 Carroll Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912 Tel(US): 301 270-9090 | L & M Highland Outfitters 180 Wright Avenue, Unit 1 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1R6 Canada Tel(CA): 902 468-5601 Fax(CA): 902 468-5618 email: landm@fox.nstn.ns.ca | |
| Lark in the Morning P.O. Box 1176 Mendocino, CA 95460 Tel(US): 707 964-5569 email: larkinam@mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us | MacLeod Highland Supplies 136 Bridgegate Glasgow G1 5HZ Tel(UK): 0141 553 1513 Fax(UK): 0141 552 0795 email: mhs@globalnet.co.uk | |
| MacNeil's Scottish Imports 1825 Avenue Rd. Toronto, Ontario Canada M5M 3Z4 Tel(CA): 416 782-5227 Fax(CA): 416 782-3483 | McIntosh Bagpipe Supplies 6003 Valkeith Houston, TX 77096-3832 Tel(US): 713 723-5434 | |
| Piob Mhor 39 High Street Blairgowrie, Perthshire Scotland PH10 6DA Tel(UK): 01250 2131 Fax(UK): 01250 4741 | Pipe Box 27 Hollybank Place Aberdeen AB12XR, Scotland Tel 44(0)1224 581815/ADDRESS> Fax 44(0)1224 581810/ADDRESS> email: dar@home.u-net.com | |
| The Pipe Case Traditional Music Hazeldean Meadow Newstead, Melrose TD6 9DZ Roxburghshire, Scotland Tel(UK): 01896 822421 | Pipers Cove 212 Keary Ave. Kearny, NJ 07032 USA Tel 201 998-3695 | |
| Rocky Mountain Highland Supply 1724 Hillcrest Dr. Lander, Wyoming Tel(US): 307 332-9611 email: FAlderson@rmhs.com | Sandy St. James Inc. 184 Depew Street Dumont, NJ 07628 USA Tel 201 385-8991 Fax 201 439-0623 email: bagpipes@sandystjames.com | |
| The Scottish Shopper Corp. 146 S.W. 152nd St. P.O. Box 66996 Seattle, WA 98166 Tel(US): 206 242-0291 Fax(US): 206 439-8066 | Scott's Highland Services Ltd. 1464 Beckworht Ave. London, Ontario N5V2K7 Canada Tel(CA) 519 453-0892 Fax(CA) 519 453-6303 email: scotts@scottshighland.com | |
| The Scot's Den - Bagpipes and Drums P.O. Box 23637 Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 USA Tel 216 834-0706 Fax 216 834-1646 email: scotsden@nls.net | The Shetland Piper PO Box 22663 Robbinsdale, MN 55422 Fax(US) (612)588-4372 email: shetlandpiper@wavetech.net | |
| Song of the Sea 47 West St. Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Tel(US): 207 288-5653 Tel orders(US) 888 766-4732 Fax(US): 207 288-8136 email: songsea@agate.net | The Tartan Trail 47-A Walnut St. Brantford, Ontario, Canada N3T 1H1 Tel(CA) 519 759-1642 email: tartantrail@sympatico.ca | |
| Tartantown Ltd. 555 Clarke Rd. Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3J 3X4 Tel(CA): 604 936-8548 Fax(CA): 604 936-8502 email: info@tartantown.com | Thistle & Shamrock, Ltd. 407 17th Street Denver, Col. 80202 Tel(US): 303 292-6522 Fax(US): 303 292-2246 | |
| Robert Wallace Bagpipes P.O.Box 341 Glasgow G33 6DZ Scotland, UK Tel 0141 779 1750 Fax 0141 779 1750 email: robwall@cableinet.co.uk | Wee Doggie Musical Instruments 219 Wilmot Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 Tel(US): 919 851-6872 email: jw@rti.org | |
| Wee Hoose of Supplies, Ltd. 1192 Timber Lane Chalfont, PA 18914 Tel(US): 215 343-0337 Fax(US): 215 343-6992 | The Wee Piper Michael S. MacHarg RFD 2, Route 14 Royalton, VT 05068 Tel(US): 802 763-8812 |
| Atlantic Coast Pipe Band Assoc. Lewis McKay Box 808 Main Station, Dartmouth Nova Scotia, B2Y 3Z3, Canada Tel(CA): (902) 466-2069 Fax(CA): (902) 426-7012 email: apttai@istar.ca | The Bagpipe Society Membership Secretary Val Woollard 33 Beaconsfield Avenue Colchester, Essex CO3 3DH U.K. Tel(UK): 01206 47830 | |
| EUSPBA c/o Jim Stack 34 Lowell Ave. Summit, NJ 07901-1579 Tel(US): 908 522-0889 | Irish Pipe Band Assoc. P.O. Box 31183 Seattle, WA 98103-1183 | |
| Irish Piper's Club co Brian Mahon 39 Pondfields/ADDRESS> New Ross Co. Wexford, Ireland Tel(IR): +353 51 422531 email: ipba@iol.ie | ||
| MWPBA c/o Phil Boyle, President 4015 West Grace Chicago, Illinois 60641 Tel (US): 773 286-0471 | Na Piobari Uilleann 15 Henrietta Street Dublin 1, Ireland Tel(IR): 01 730093 | |
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The North American Association
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Northumbrian Pipers Society c/o the Chantry Bagpipe Museum Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland, UK | |
| The Northumbrian Smallpipes of North America c/o Ralph Cook 93 Rolph Street Tillsonburg, Ontario N4G 3Y2 Canada | Piper's & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) PO Box 21035 Harwood Place Post Office 290 Harwood Ave. South Ajax, Ontario L1S 7H2 Canada email: ppbso@interlog.com | |
| Southern US Pipe Band Assoc. c/o Sandy Keith 1119 Somerset Circle South Dunedin, FL 34698 Tel(US): (813) 733-6240 or c/o Steven McClure email: smcclure@luna.cas.usf.edu | WUSPBA c/o Tim Gladden, Pres. 748 El Caminito Livermore, CA 94550 Tel(US): 510 455-1514 Fax(US): 510 455-1514 email: WUSPBA@aol.com |
| An Piobaire 15 Henrietta Street Dublin 1, Ireland Tel(IR): 01 730093 | B.C. Pipers' Newsletter Duncan Fraser, Editor 1570 Farrell Crescent, Delta, B.C., Canada V4L 1T8 |
| The Highlander P.O. Box 44086 Chicago, IL 60644 | New Zealand Pipe Band David Oldershaw, Editor P.O. Box 6010, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Notes The Piping Centre, 30-34 McPhater St, Cowcaddens, Glasgow G4 OHW. Tel 0141 353 0220 Fax 0141 353 1570 | Piper and Drummer (PPBSO) Subscriptions: 2-558 Upper gage Avenue Suite 234 Hamilton, Ontario L8V 4G6 Canada Advertising/Editorial: 264 Garden Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6R 1J5 Canada Fax: (416) 532-9649 email: editor@PiperAndDrummer.com |
| The Piping Times The College of Piping 16-24 Otago St Glasgow G12 8JH Tel(UK): 0141 334 3587 Fax(UK): 0141 337 3024 email: jcd@dcs.ed.ac.uk | The Voice (EUSPBA) Editor: Mike Rogers 6209 Kaybro St. Laurel, MD 20707 email: aberfeldy@aol.com Subscriptions: the VOICE P.O.Box 2251 Gaithersburg,MD 20886 |
| Words & Music (WUSPBA) Editor John Thornton 474 W. Easter Ave. Littleton, CO 80120 Tel(US): 303 798-0844 Fax(US): 303 797-3947 email: Drew.Mcpheeters |
| Balmoral Schools of Highland Piping 1414 Pennsylvania Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Tel(US): 412 323-2707 Fax(US): 412 323-1817 | California Summer School of Piping John Keys, California Registrar 3631 Via Bernardo Oceanside, CA 92056 Tel(US): 619 724-6844 | |
| The College of Piping 16-24 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JH4 Tel(UK): 0141 334 3587 email: jcd@dcs.ed.ac.uk | The College of Piping 619 Water Street, E. Summerside, PEI Canada C1N 4H8 Tel(CA): 902 436-5377 email: college@piping.pe.ca | |
| Gaelic College of Celtic and Performing Arts St. Ann, Cape Bretonegistrar Nova Scotia, Tel(CA): 902 295-3411 Fax(CA): 902 295-2912 | Highland Musical Arts P.O. Box 871865 Vancouver, WA 98687-1865 Tel(WA): 877-404-2557 | |
| Invermark College of Piping P.O. Box 143 Petersburg, NY 12138 Tel(US): 518 658-3879 | N.A.P.S. School of Piping and Drumming c/o Judy Morrison PO Box 298 Tangent, OR 97389 Tel(US): 1-800-955-0153 | |
| North American Academy of Piping P/M Sandy Jones 1351 Vagabond Lane Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Tel(US): 803 884-5155 | The Piping Centre, 30-34 McPhater St, Cowcaddens, Glasgow G4 OHW. Tel 0141 353 0220 Fax 0141 353 1570 |