List of bagpipe technology books

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This is a list of published books about the bagpipes.

Contents

[edit] Uilleann pipes

  • My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uilleann pipes
  • A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, ISBN 0-934302-00-6, Silver Spear Pub, 1980
  • Reedmaking Made Easy, Dave Hegarty, Published Na Piobairi Uilleann, Printed Futuresprint, Dublin, 1983
  • The Pipers Despair, David Quinn
  • The Insane Art of Reed Making, Patrick Sky
  • Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes with the Armagh Pipers Club, Erthne & J.B. Vallely, illustrated, Ronan Press Ltd, reprinted 4th edition 1981
  • The New Approach to Uilleann Piping, H. J. Clarke, St Martin's Publications, 1988, Galway
  • The Davy Spillane Uilleann Pipe Tutor, bOOK I Basic, Davy Spillane and Tommy Walsh, Waltons Manufacturing Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-7866-3400-6

[edit] Northumbrian smallpipes

  • Reed Making, George Wallace, Northumbrian Piper's Society
  • Reed Maintenance, Colin Ross, Northumbrian Piper's Society
  • Basic Tutor for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Crescent Printing company, Ashington, Northumberland
  • Handbook for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Butler Publishing, Cliffside, Northumberland, 1987, ISBN 0-946928-07-X
  • Drone Reeds with Brass Body & Cane Tongues, David Bailey, Northumbrian Piper's Society

[edit] Highland bagpipes

  • The Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
  • The Piper's Handbook, PM John A. MacLellan, MBE, Paterson's Publications, London
  • The Highland Bagpipe and its Music, Roderick D. Cannon FSA(Scot),2002, ISBN 0-85976-549-0, John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
  • Piobaireachd, Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe, by Seamus MacNeill, 1969, 1976, SBN 563 07487 6, published by BBC
  • The Notation & Tuning of the Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
  • Bagpipe Music for Dancing, John MacLellan, Paterson's Publications
  • The Art of Piobaireachd, by Dr. Ian L. McKay, revised 1996, published bt Comunn na Piobaireachd (NA) Inc
  • Piping and Drumming, An Integrated Approach, Volume I, S.H.Bailie, Published by the Northern Ireland Piping and Drumming School of the N.I. branch, The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, Belfast 1988.
  • Structured Learning, The RSPBA Complete Guide to Piping & Drumming Certificiation, Books I-III, Published by The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.
  • Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5, Magnus Orr Publishing
  • Bagpipe Reeds: The Full Story, Bruce D. Liberati, Pipe Band Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986
  • Piping Times, vol. 51, no. 5, February 1999, Making Bagpipes, illustrated
  • Walton's Tutor and selection of Irish Aires for the Bagpipes, Orpen-Palmer, no date
  • Angus MacDonald's Collection (two books) - Lismor
  • A Compeat Theory of the Scots' Highland Bagpipe, Joseph MacDonald,1760.

[edit] Border pipes

  • The Master Piper (the Dixon MS)
  • The Border Bagpipe Book, Matt Seattle, Dragonfly (out of print?)
  • Journal NA Association of Lowland & Border Pipes, Number 5, March 1993, edited by Brian McCandless
  • A Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes, Gordon Mooney, (Applicable to the Lowland Pipes, Border Pipes, Northumbrian Half-long Pipes and Scottish Small Pipes), Published by Lowland & Border Pipers Society, 1995

[edit] Spanish gaita

  • None known as yet

[edit] Swedish bagpipes

  • None known as yet

[edit] Breton music

  • Tonioú Breiz Izel - two volumes
  • Methode Bretonne De Cornemuse, Gilles Goyat, Centre Breton d'Art Populaire, 1981
  • Nouvelle Methode de Cornemuse Ecossaise, Jean-Luc Le Moign, 11/23/1995, ISBN 2-910981-09-6
  • Ecole de Bomborde, Jean L'Helgouach
  • Methode de Bombarde, Padrig Sicard, ISBN 2-9508677-2-3

[edit] Brien Boru warpipes

  • The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date

[edit] General Books

  • Bagpipes, Anthon Baines, ISBN 0-902793-10-1, Book Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
  • Woodwind Instruments & Their History, Anthony Baines, ISBN 0-486-26885-3, Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
  • Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5