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Burgess Bagpipes 10 years on part 4
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...
Burgess Bagpipes 10 years on part 3
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...
Burgess Bagpipes 10 years on part 2
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 instruments started...
Burgess Bagpipes 10 years on part 1
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...
Is leather working in our DNA ?
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...
New for 24 #1 Flexi-Tube Bellows Connector
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...
USQUAEBACH, William Grigor and Son, and Gaelic Bard AJ McMillan Inverness.
This is a very unusual sheet of music from our family archive collection. Grigor’s Salute composed by AJ McMillan Inverness. AJ McMillan was crowed Gaelic Bard in the 1960 National MOD in Edinburgh. It is printed on a waxed type paper and is large at 58cm x 35cm. I...
Glengarry Sprig 100 years on
This photo of John McDougall Snr on the left as you look at it and his brother Billy was taken on the banks of the Water of Tanar in 1921. The picture was taken near the bridge that today leads from the car park over the river to the rangers station, Braeloine...
The McDougall’s of Sloch, Ardnish, Arisaig in the summer of 1902.
This is the oldest photo in our archive, and shows the McDougall’s of Sloch, Ardnish, Arisaig. The picture was taken at Sloch in the summer of 1902. From left to right, Isabella McDougall (nee Gillies) aged 62, husband John aged 67 and daughter Marjory aged 18....
Tunes on Wood
Today we are launching a new product. Which we call Tunes on Wood. Choose from Piobaireachd, Light music, Standard tunes, or for the ultimate gift choose your favourite tune or even one you have composed yourself. Etched into solid Scottish Beech Wood, this makes a...