List of bagpipe technology books

This is a list of published books about the different kinds of bagpipes.

[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

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

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.

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

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

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

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