G1 Platinum Pipe Chanter
The G1 Platinum Chanter has been designed and crafted to provide the highest quality sound with optimum comfort. The chanter easily reaches the demands of the modern day pitch, stability and tonal quality without having oversized holes.
Now being played in many top bands throughout the grades.
G1 Platinum Pipe Chanter Reed
The G1 pipe chanter reed is one of the top choices amongst the top piping competitors and world’s leading pipe bands.
Highland Bagpipe Piobaireachd Tutor Book
The Highland Bagpipe Piobaireachd Tutor is produced by The National Piping Centre in Scotland. This book is a very comprehensive tutor on learning to Piobaireachd. This tutor will teach you about the proper technique and give you a basic understanding of canntaireachd (mouth music).
It no longer comes with a CD. The tunes can now be found on The National Piping Centres website
Highland Bagpipe Tutor – Book 1
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 1 is produced by The National Piping Centre in Scotland. The “green book” is by far one of the best selling bagpipe tuition books.
This is a great starting point for those wanting to learn how to play the bagpipes. It has been the starting point for a lot of today’s great pipers.
First produced in 1952, this book by the College of Piping’s then Joint Principals Seumas MacNeill and Thomas Pearston, is by far the biggest selling book on learning to play the bagpipe ever issued, selling to date around 500,000 copies worldwide
It covers the basics that you need to know and it also includes accompanying videos to go along with the chapters in the book that can be found online on The National Piping Centre website.
Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 2
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 2 is the only maintenance manual you will ever need.
Learn how to tune, handle reeds, tie in a bag and how to strike in your pipes when playing in a band.
The book is fairly comprehensive and there are many tips that both beginners and experienced pipers will find useful.
Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 3
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 3 is a natural progression from the Green Tutor Book 1.
Tutor 3 continues with more in depth practice on embellishments. It provides an introduction to the playing of competition marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes and jigs. There are also tunes for dancing and lessons on standard pieces such as Scotland the Brave and Flowers of the Forest.
With Tutor 1, Tutor 3 has all the tunes and theory necessary to pass the light music sections of the Pipe and Drumming Qualifications Board Levels 1 – 4 examinations.
Husk Pipe Chanter Reed
Husk pipe chanter reeds – balanced, bold in volume, vibrant and full blowing with excellent harmonies
Reed Strengths
Senior/Beginner – suitable for beginner, young child or senior player
Easy – great for new players
Easy/Medium-choice for solo players
Medium – great choice for bands (not overly hard, lots of volume, harmonics and extremely stable)
Kintyre Practice Chanter
The Kintyre is a new design of long practice chanter developed by Stuart and Willie McCallum.
The Kintyre practice chanter boasts a beautiful clear tone and the sound lasts much longer as a result of the innovative watertrap incorporated in the top piece. If emptied on a regualr basis, it will give hours of uninterrupted practice.
Willie Mccallum describes it as “the only long practice chanter I have played that feels like a pipe chanter”, thereby making the transition much easier. It’s unique hole design is a huge step forward in improving finger work.
Includes a practice chanter reed.
Little Mac Blowpipe Valve
The Little Mac valve is a great aid in making the bagpipes easier to blow while attaining a steady sound. It is basically maintenance free.
Little Mac Replacement Valve
The Little Mac Valve is an economical fix to restoring efficient air flow to the bagpipes once the valve is failing.
MacClens Disinfectant
MacClens Disinfectant is easy to use as you simply spray into mouthpiece and bag. Use regularly and even after some one else has played your pipes.
McCallum Ceol Poly Pipe Chanter
The McCallum Ceol poly pipe chanter is the newest additional to their very successful line of pipe chanters. Mainly developed for pipe bands but is also a good chanter for solo playing as well.