Are you a “Plate Spinner”?

I probably have said this before: The only qualification to being a bagpiper is to be able to play a list of tunes by memory on the bagpipe. I find that as I work with my students, they get into the “plate spinning” mode. They’ll play the “tune of the week” and spin...

A New Toy: The Dunfion AB Small Pipes

After 6 years of playing my Gibson Fireside Pipes, I decided to sell them and get something new and different. I went back to my favorite bagpipe maker: Henry Murdo of Dunfion Bagpipes. I wanted a small pipe that played in Bb so that I could play it with the small...