Will have a look in my discography, but not too confident of success. There is a strong Breton tradition of church organ/bombarde pairing and this may well...
I'm sorry, I won't be of much help, but I just had to reply. In the first band that I was with, Whisky Before Breakfast, the highland piper (Iain Mac Harg) ...
There is a very good recording of Ian McKinnon (GHP) with Gayle Martin (PO). It is called "Air Races". www.groundswellrecords.com Robin [Non-text portions of...
Apologies for cross posting but I have just been playing an excellent tune by Dunmail Hodkinson called the Fourstones Square. Apparently it was composed for a...
Its published in the latest magazine from the Nortumbrian Pipers Society. One of the winners at the Alnwick gathering I think. I do like the first four bars so...
We (Dominic Allan and woody Woodward) will be playing a 45 minute set as part of the "High Notes Showcase Night" , St. Bonaventure Parish Social Club, Berkeley...
Hi, I am not going to be helpful on recordings either but I do know where you could go to hear it live. There is a small bagpipe festival, Cassel Cornemuses,...
Hi Gerry I have an 'old' LP which features Alan le Hegarat on uilleann pipes and Alain Trovel on pipe organ recorded late 70's early 80's An Erminig /...
Another chance to hear bagpipe and organ together live will be on Friday 24th Jan at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland with yours truly on...
Hi Fellow pipers, I have been trying to contact chris bayley for several months about a set of pipes that he has been making for me since July about 3 to 4 ...
Hi all Thanks for your message, Robin. Markus Schwenkreis and I are playing some of those 'folky' pieces in 'posh' English and Scottish sources of the...
Here's a chance to get hold of a set of Scottish smallpipes made by the man who practically invented the instrument. I'm primarily a Northumbrian piper and I...
... In Modern Times (Piping Progressions), Lismor Records. The Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band has a Breton Dance with pipe band and pipe organ--as far as I can...
... Took a while to source the dance as everyone was busy over Xmas. Fourstones Square - Dance ************************* Square Set for 4 couples. Music 4 x 40...
Dominic, I am wondering what system of half-closed fingering your border pipes use. Do they use a "continental" style half-closed fingering like Jon Swayne's...
The pipes shown on the website use the continental fingering. A Highland fingering border/lowland pipe in A is in development and will be added to the site...
Incidentally - I was looking at the familiar picture of Flemish piping (at, for example, _http://www.richard-york.co.uk/past/rbigpics/brueglpiper.jpg_ ...
Thanks Looks fun Much obliged. Noel ... From: bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dunmail_hodkinson Sent: 09...
Dear all, Original Bulgarian Gaida for sale - full working condition - in D (three finger note). Also gaida chanter in 6-finger note D. I will never do...
Just a short intro from me - Ive been fiddling with the pipes for about 10 years but since about 2002 have hardly played at all. Since then Ive got married and...
... I've often wondered about Bill Hart pipes. I'll be back in Scotland in a few weeks and it'd be nice (at some point) to have a set made from Aussie wood ......
Re: playing "Wild Hills" on a Scottish chanter. You should be able to play it on your border chanter easily with the normal cross fingering for Cnat. In order...
This is half baked but I thought I'd throw it to the mob and see what happened. A "half length" is a portrait that shows the upper half of a person, i.e. down...
I remember reading somewhere of a large (traditional? now rare?) breed of carrot called "Half Long". Largish carrots in a bunch / largish drones in common...
