Our story 10 years on; Part 4 In this final part of Burgess bagpipes 10 years on. I look at Promotion, Pandemic and the future. We, had designed our pipes, refined them with prototype cycles. Established and made our manufacturing capability. We were ready to go! It...
Our story 10 years on; Part 3 In this part of Burgess bagpipes 10 years on. I look at our methods of manufacturing. The use of CNC machine tools to make bagpipes is still frowned on by many. It is believed that the computer-controlled methods are somehow less skilled...
Our story 10 years on; Part 2 In this second part of our story, I will discuss the design process. I think it’s important that people understand why our instruments are the way they are. It’s not an accident. To drive the design process, all the...
Our story 10 years on; Part 1, The beginning First of all, I would like to thank everyone who has bought our instruments in the past 10 years. To all the fantastic people we have met who supported us and encouraged us. Thank you. It was 10 years ago in June 2015 that...
I have always enjoyed working with leather but over the last few years I have really taken to working with the material. We obviously use lots of different leathers in our bags and bellows. Ninety percent of what we use we cut by hand using templates however, there...
Recently added to our online shop are Flexi-Tube bellows connector tubes. To buy our Flexi-Tubes click here We use these flexi-connectors with our bellows, joining the bellows to the bag using custom made stab connectors at both ends of the Flexi-Tube. We use various...
