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Bagpipes

Eryk Bean is in charge of quality control and product development at Gibson Bagpipes

A small company in New Hampshire exports their handcrafted bagpipes worldwide

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Gibson Bagpipes in Nashua, New Hampshire, makes handcrafted bagpipes out of African blackwood. Two years ago, an international consortium that monitors endangered fauna and flora placed African blackwood on a “high risk” list. In order to continue to export their pipes, the company had to apply for a special permit.

International Bagpipe Day

Break out the kilts — or don’t — it’s International Bagpipe Day!

Music
Pipers from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo Massed Pipes and Drums perform during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival parade in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Which country, aside from Scotland, manufactures most of the world’s bagpipes?

Geo Quiz
Abdul Hameed is seen busy in his workshop on Nov. 25, 2003 in Sialkot, Pakistan. This dusty city in central Pakistan is home to four generations of bagpipe makers, who once kitted out Scottish regiments in what was the British colony of India and now sell

Why a small city in Pakistan supplies the world with Scottish bagpipes

Global Politics
18- year old Campbell Webster playing his father's bagpipes.

Be careful the next time you leave the country with your bagpipes

Arts

Cristina Pato Brings the Galician Bagpipe to the Jazz and Classical World

Arts, Culture & Media

Cristina Pato thought she’d left the Galician bagpipe behind when she left Spain. But playing the bagpipes provided her with more musical opportunities when she made the move to New York.

‘The Seventh Chieftain’: Celtic Superstar Carlos Núñez

Arts, Culture & Media

Celtic superstar Carlos Núñez, from the region of Galicia in northeastern Spain, has been called “The Seventh Chieftain.”

Video: The Peatbog Faeries’ ‘Dust’

Arts, Culture & Media

The band hails from the Scottish Isle of Skye and mixes traditional music with rock and African styles.

Earth Ear

Bagpipes and bells echo through a small village in Greek Macedonia during their winter festival.

The World

Banning bagpipes on the Royal Mile

Arts, Culture & Media

What’s Scotland’s most famous street without bagpipes? Some on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile hope it will be a little quieter, and they’ve been complaining about noise from bagpipe-playing street musicians