Pipemaking and Maintenance
A set of bagpipes needs to be in the best possible condition if you are to play at your best. Here we offer advice and guidance on various topics of pipe maintenance; on many of these issues opinions differ as to best practice; your pipe-maker is probably the best source of appropriate advice.
The menu also links to articles on pipemaking and interviews with makers
A mirror of Andrew Lenz's page on hemping drone tuning-pins.
See also the article by Jon Swayne in Common Stock, December 2010.
This article refers to highland pipes; pipe-makers may well have opinions that differ from those here, particularly regarding the use of PTFE tape.
