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The world’s favourite Great Highland Bagpipe maker
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McCallum Bagpipes and McCallum pipe chanters have been crafted since 1998, and over the years added a range of products including the McC² Solo Chanter designed by Willie McCallum, a McCallum ‘Bruce Gandy’ pipe chanter, McCallum Black Acetyl Bagpipes, McCallum Classic Collection Bagpipes and a growing range of MacRae Bagpipes, and MacRae pipe chanters and practice chanters by Stuart Liddell.
They also have an extensive range of McCallum practice chanters, MG Reeds, McCallum folk pipes and have designed Scottish reelpipes, smallpipes and Irish uilleann pipes in partnership with Fred Morrison.
Purchase bagpipe parts directly from the maker, order bespoke bagpipes, and Piper hire.
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Bagpipes and bagpipe parts are traditionally made from African Blackwood or
similar woods which these days are in short supply and expensive to buy. However at Ayrshire Bagpipes, the majority of products are made from acetal, imitation ivory and stainless steel. Blowpipes, mouthpieces, stocks etc can be made from almost any material and will not alter the tonal quality of any traditional wooden bagpipe. All parts are individually crafted by Ayrshire Bagpipe Company in Ayrshire, Scotland by pipers for pipers.
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The Ayrshire Bagpipe Company was set up in 1990 by Brian Mulhearn, a stalwart
of the Scottish solo piping scene. With the attention to detail, passion and
individual touch that only a small independently run business can achieve, the
Ayrshire Bagpipe Company has gone from strength to strength.
The portal into the Harmonic Universe
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Highland Reeds products are designed and produced by Major (Retd) Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM. These bagpipe products are designed to make your life as a piper easier.
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"I’m delighted that my experiences over a lifetime of playing bagpipes at the highest level have led me to develop a unique product line that allows you to enjoy your piping. When developing Highland Reeds bagpipe products, I have one aim in mind – to give you great, steady tonal quality, every time you play.
Products are hand-assembled and set-up prior to dispatch; they arrive at your door ready to play and they are guaranteed against mechanical failure for two years. I’m committed to quality service and my aim is to ensure that all my customers are satisfied. Please look at the videos on my website as you will find them indispensable in understanding your own tone. It gives me a sense of pride to provide you with products that will save you time and help create the sound you’ve always wanted."
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— Bruce Hitchings
Additional Resources
We believe in providing more than just exceptional music at your event. To support your learning journey and help you explore bagpiping at home, we utilise a variety of trusted resources:
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On pipetunes.ca you'll find superb settings of hundreds of traditional tunes, as well as authorised, copyright material from today’s best composers. You can also download free demonstrations of the tunes by leading piper and teacher Jim McGillivray, as well as by many of the composers themselves.
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BagpipeMusic is the world's largest bagpipe music library, bringing you 11,000 tunes, including 400 Piobaireachds. These are recorded by Jack Lee on the bagpipes, and downloads include mp3, pdf and bmw files.
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Our tuition and workshops are directly informed by a Mobile Team Learning approach, with Sandy being a certified facilitator.
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Mobile Team Learning blends interactive team-building games with hands-on bagpiping instruction, creating a highly engaging, collaborative, and memorable learning experience. This approach encourages not only musical skill development but also personal and interpersonal growth — making it ideal for individuals, teams, and organisations alike.
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Each session is supported by our custom-designed kits and courses, which are built to ignite both personal and professional development. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, our workshops aim to boost confidence, communication, and connection through the power of music.​​​​
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Get in Touch!
Ph: +61 434 793 664
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Alba Bagpiping acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to the land, sea and community we perform on.
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We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
