bagpipes

The Rusty Piper

What can you construct from a bucket of rusty scrap metal railroad spikes, horseshoes, and square nails? A mess in your backyard, of course, if you have a stick welder Read More

(Re)introducing unbleached authentic cannabis fiber hemp to bagpipes!

Pictured here are the final stages of “hemping” a joint on a bagpipe drone with cannabis fiber hemp thread. The lighter colored top layer of hemp is wrapped over a Read More

Pipe Dreams and Musings

“A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne, and therwithal he broghte us out of towne.” – The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, late 14th century Bagpipes are magical. The Read More