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300 Year Old Scottish Beech Wood
The oldest tree in Scotland is the "Fortingall Yew" and it is believed to be over 2000 years old. Between the 16th and 18th Century's, there was a huge Royal hunting forest which belonged to the Earl of Moray. The forest stretched through Cawdor to Darnaway, Logie and...
Square Bagpipes !
One of the most frequently asked questions about bagpipes is what are they made of? We exclusively use African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) this is the choice of wood for most woodwind instruments, including, clarinets, oboes, flutes and of course bagpipes. All...
The 100 Year old pipes.
One of our most treasured family sets of pipes are 100 years old this year. They were made for John McDougall Snr in 1920 by a local cabinet maker Charles Ewen from Aboyne. There were 2 sets made one for John and one for his brother Billy we don’t know where the other...
Importance of good bellows
There are many advantages of bellows blown pipes. But one of the most important things for playing and is they need to be as airtight as possible. Any leakage of air in any of the main places leads to less efficient playing method. Losing air you having to work harder...
Welcome to our new website
Welcome to our new website. We have taken a different and more personal approach to this site. Strong new elements include the family archive page, a greater emphases on the wide range of products we produce. In the archive section we will be putting up items from the...