Piping Press

I must say the standard of paintings we have received for our Lockdown Challenge has been terrific. Witness the above detail from artist Scott Kish. It is of piper Robert Dowson and is in watercolour. The size is 11″ x 15″. We’ll keep the challenge going till the end of July at which point it will be over to judge Robert Mathieson who has kindly agreed to select the winners….

Reader John Maclay is offering an array of bagpipes, chanters and pipe making tools for sale. The sale includes a set of ivory pipes by Henry Starck, five ‘Brian Boru’ chanters made by Starck, a full ivory Irish warpipe by Starck (bass, baritone and tenor drones), a set of miniature pipes (metal ferrules, ivory chanter sole), plus an array of wood, ivory and pipe making tools. The whole lot is…

I wondered if the Piping Press would be interested in sharing a bit of news regard a unique event we have planned for this evening, writes P/M Gordon Bruce. We hold an annual Beating the Retreat at the school during the last week of term, however, due to the current restrictions, this would have been cancelled.  Feeling sorry for our pupils I have arranged for this to be moved online.  Below…

By Helen Urquhart The National Piping Centre and William Grant Foundation are delighted to announce that the Glenfiddich Piping Championship for 2020 will go ahead on Saturday 31st October 2020 as originally scheduled. The event itself will be behind closed doors, with the public invited to join through a pay-per-view online stream on the day.  The qualifying pipers for this year will be announced closer to the event date. A…

We had a great response to our second remote CLASP Competition since lock down. The ‘live’ audio recordings were gathered by CLASP stewards on Saturday and the judges spent Sunday judging and writing up digital crit sheets for the competitors. The next remote CLASP competition will take place on Saturday 8th August and replaces the annual ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Competition’ at Piping Live! Pictured below are Stuart Robinson, Grade…