Here's a few of my favourite piping (& other) links. Celtic Piping Club - Australia's hub of Celtic piping activities Online bagpipe media, forums & news Australian Pipe Bands Community Website - forums, etc.Bagpipe News - from Bagpiper.com (irregular updates) Bob Dunsire Piping Forums - one of, if not the, largest on-line piping forums CoP Radio - from the College of Piping (new shows every month) The Pipe Band Forum Pipeline - BBC Radio Scotland piping programme (new shows every Saturday) Pipes|Drums - the world's only independent publication for pipes and drummers Piping World - piping ezine from Duntroon Publishing PlanetPipe (new shows biweekly) Uillean Pipe Forum Wedding LinksDeb Stallard - Geelong-based celebrant "LIFE is a Celebration"Stephen Hishon - celebrant serving Lorne, Surf Coast, Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Western Victoria and beyond GeneralAndrew Lenz's Bagpipe Journey - Bagpiping tips, advice, help and referenceBagpiper.com - Worldwide directory of professional bagpipe players Bagpiper.net - Find a bagpiper near you The Bagpipe Society (UK) Bagpipe Web Directory - Your guide to bagpiping on the web by the late Bob Dunsire The Boite - World Music Cafe, Collingwood Folk Alliance Australia Foot Stompin' Celtic Music - your one stop shop for everything Scottish Geelong Arts Directory - find me here! The Pipers' Gathering - North America's most comprehensive alternative bagpipe event Universe of Bagpipes - by Oliver Seeler MusicAn Encyclopaedia of Tunes for the Great Highland Bagpipe - by Bob PekaarBlank Sheet Music - print customised blank manuscript paper (free) McDonnell's Traditional Irish Music Slow Session at Clifton Hill Hotel, Melbourne Ross's Music Page - HEAPS of great old pipe (& other) music books and recordings compiled by Ross Anderson & Roderick Cannon Virtual Session - BBC Radio 2 Highland & Bagpipe SuppliersAll Things Tartan/St.Kilda Retail (Australia) - A great supplier of Highlandwear & piping suppliesCowal Bagpipes - pipe maker & supplier Lyons Highland Supplies - bagpipe & highland suppliers Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) & Pipe Bands
College of Piping (Glasgow) Northumbrian small pipe (NSP)Colin Ross - NSP & SSP maker and legendDavid Burleigh - world-renown NSP maker (UK) Northumbrian Piper's Society (UK) Northumbrian Smallpipes Book & Services - by John Leistman Northumbrian Smallpipes Encyclopedia Northumbrian Smallpipes Simulator Richard Butler - Northumbrian Small pipes (UK) Scottish small pipes (SSP) & Border pipes (BP)Beckpipes - hi-tech aluminium SSP made by Robin Beck (Dunoon, Scotland)Dragonfly Music - great SSP & BP books, CD, etc. by Matt Seattle (UK) Fred Morrison - reel pipes & small pipes Garvie Bagpipes - made by Nigel Richard (UK) Hopepipes - SSP made by Simon Hope Iona Bagpipes - SSP made by Bill Hart Lowland & Border Pipers' Society (UK) - a great group of piping enthusiasts McLaren Synthetic Reeds (Aust) - also makes fine SSP & BP Nate Banton - maker of SSP & BP Ray Sloan - maker of SSP & UP Smallpiper - the blogspot of Vicki Swan where you can find tunes, tips, etc. (UK) Tutor for Scottish Smallpipes - by Vicki Swan (UK) Uilleann (& other Irish) pipes (UP)Bill Haneman - maker of Uillean & Union Pipes (Ire.)Internet Archive - old recordings of famous UPers Irish Warpipe - a website devoted to the two-drone Irish Warpipe Irish Warpipes - information and events Na Piobairi Uilleann - The Irish Pipers' Society (Ire.) Reed Making Links Uilleann Pipe Reedmaking Guide Uilleann Pipe Reedmaking Links OTHER PIPESThe Complete Guide to MIDI BagpipesCornemuse Jolipipe - maker of various European pipes (De.) Dale Bagpipes - maker of Bulgarian & Macedonia gaidas and other pipes (Aust) History of the Zampogna (It.) PipeShow - dedicated to the manufacture & practice of bagpipes Swedish Bagpipes Welsh Bagpipes and the Welsh Pibgorn |