Month: December 2016

PP Ed’s Festive Blog: Gordon Stobo/ Neil Robertson/ Cheughters/ PB Mag/ Roddy MacDonald

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Short item I missed from the article on the British Legion contest programme of 1969. An advert reads: ‘Se an duine an t’aodach – Clothes Maketh the Man. What goes under a Heilandman’s kilt and other fascinating questions about Highland Dress can be answered by Gordon Stobo at Highland House, 328b Lawnmarket, Edinburgh – pipe bands kitted out – assistance with financing.’ Older readers will remember Mr Stobo. He was…

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Latest from the Midwest Highland Arts Fund ‘Winter Storm’ Event

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The organisers of the annual ‘Winter Storm’ piping and drumming weekend have sent this from Kansas City, USA: ‘MHAF Winter Storm continues to grow in 2017.  Since 2001, The Midwest Highland Arts Fund has been striving to continuously build, improve, and grow one of the premier piping and drumming events in the world – Winter Storm. ‘This year marks as the inaugural year for amateur grades 1, 2, and 3…

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More Thoughts on the New Legislation Protecting African Blackwood

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The thousands of readers of our article on the new protection legislation for African blackwood bears testament to the interest the piping community has in preserving the wood that is the source of our pleasure – but also to the radical impact it will have on the bagpipe making industry, writes the Editor. The response from that industry has been one of gratitude for the information and resignation that things,…

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Pipes For Sale/ More on Duncan Lamont, Pennycross, Mull

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Two sets of D Naill pipes offered for sale today at very reasonable prices. The first set comes complete with an old Peter Henderson silver sole on the chanter alone worth £500. The seller has inherited another quality set hence the reason for the sale. Check our PP Online Ads for more. More on Duncan Lamont mentioned in our report on the British Legion contest the other day. It comes from…

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Latest Information on New Regulations Governing the Manufacture of African Blackwood Pipes

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By Robert Wallace We now have further information from the UK Government on the changes to the law surrounding the future manufacture of pipes from African blackwood. Within the European Union sales of finished goods will be unaffected; not so elsewhere. From January 2nd, 2017, African blackwood, melanoxylon dalbergia, will be listed on Appendix 2 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Owing…

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