Tag: Border pipes

Sign up for the new format bellows piping evening class

Sign up for the new format bellows piping evening class

The next term of the National Piping Centre’s bellows piping evening classes will start from Monday, April 24, 2023. This ten-week evening class will take place in the NPC at McPhater Street on Mondays at 6pm. These 10 week courses are £110 for each course. The class will run over […]

LBPS Annual Competition

LBPS Annual Competition

The committee of the LBPS are looking forward to welcoming members to the 2023 LBPS competition.  We encourage you to come and have a go at competing, whatever stage you are at in your small-piping/ Border piping “career”. It’s a supportive atmosphere where you will meet great people, have a […]

Giving bellows pipes a name – an unresolved problem

Giving bellows pipes a name – an unresolved problem

By Jock Agnew Although the renaissance of Scottish bellows-blown pipes has been taking place for some 20 years [40 now! – Editor], there remain some matters that are, as yet, unresolved. For instance how should we identify these various pipes emerging from the past when there are references to smallpipes, Lowland […]