Care and Maintenance of the Great Highland Bagpipe
UK & EU: £19.39 (28.72EUR $35.07)
Outside EU: £16.50 (24.44EUR $29.85)
Written for the average piper who wants to gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the Great Highland Bagpipe, this book is very informative.
It covers:
The pipe bag, Blowpipe valves, Sheepskin and hide bags, Synthetic material bags, Tying stocks into the bag, Seasoning the bag, Harmony - The bagpipe drone, Woods of the bagpipe, Drone performance, Caring for your drones, Repairing a split drone, Drone tone, Drone reeds, Adjusting your cane drone reeds, Plastic and synthetic drone reeds, Blowing tone, Tuning your drones, Melody - The pipe chanter, Understanding chanter sound qualities, The pipe chanter reed, Selecting and adjusting your chanter reed, Setting up a pipe chanter, Water traps, Reed protectors, Setting up the band, The last Henderson, Bagpipe Maintenance Guide, Early visual arts depicting the bagpipe, Wood, oil and water and finally, an Informative Survey.
