By The Editor We’re a few days out from the next pipe band major, the UKs at Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Prior to the British at Paisley there was considerable huffing and pufffing over the various streaming services that position themselves around the Grade 1 arena. Armed with fancy tripods and some pretty hi-tech equipment (as far as I can judge) they do a good job of bringing the music and…

By Robert Wallace The dust may have settled following the shock Grade 2 result at the British Pipe Band Championship but the problem has not gone away. You will remember the summary sheets last month showed wide discrepancies in the opinions of the piping adjudicators. Some were as much as ten placings and more apart. We can dismiss the anonymous verbiage on social media decrying the RSPBA ship and all…

A rare recording of one of the great pipers and composers, GS McLennan, has been published by his family on their website. The recording, though of poor quality, is of historical interest and has the young prodigy, pictured below, playing the reel, De’il Amang the Tailors. Listen to it here. I read on the website that there are other recordings of GS in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh….

Mostly dry and warm today at this Fife games. Pictured above are junior winners Nicholas Knowles and Hazel Whyte. Senior Piob1 Timothy Ness, £602 Edward Gaul, £403 Brodie Watson-Massey, £304 Jonathan Simpson, £20 Senior MSR1 Jonathan Simpson, £602 Edward Gaul, £403 Brodie Watson-Massey, £304 Timothy Ness, £20 Junior Piob1 Hazel Whyte, £302 Nicholas Knowles, £203 Liam Brown, £154 Finlay Peden, £10 Junior MSR1 Nicholas Knowles, £302 Hazel Whyte, £203 Liam…

Following his article this week (read it here), I asked Yves Tison in Brittany to send over recordings of his drones fitted with elder reeds and one with ‘normal’ reeds. Yves writes: ‘The first recording is called mixed reeds and is recorded from my Alexander Glen 1847 set of pipes (Patrick Molard has a replica). Strangely the starting of drones has three steps before getting the right tone, not double tone, but…