Uilleann Pipe Clubs and Information Resources

  • Irish Pipers' Club, Seattle WA USA
  • Na Piobairi Uilleann, the worldwide pipers' club in Dublin, Ireland -- Isolated pipers are urged to purchase their unequalled instructional videotape. Specify North American or European TV format when purchasing.
  • Uilleann Pipe Information List
  • Internet Celtic Music Sources
  • New April 2009!!! David Daye's Bagpipe Page -- loads of free educational material, tips and tricks for learning, maintaining and playing Scottish and Irish pipes (uilleann pipes and warpipes). One of the world's 2 dozen most linked bagpipe sites for a decade before the host deactivated it last year.
  • The Uilleann Pipe Reedmaker's Guidance Manual by Dave Hegarty.
    • Available from Na Piobairi Uilleann (see above) and now online at their web site
    • This method works with Penny-Chanters if my staple (metal tube) and reed dimensions are used.
  • The Piper's Despair reedmaking book by David Quinn. To order:
  • The Worldwide Uilleann Pipes E-mail Discussion List
    • Not a passive subscription but a discussion and question/answer forum
    • Private hidden list, not a wide-open brawling Internet forum
    • Private listings -- your name is hidden from searches
    • 360 pipers including many beginners, but also makers and teachers
    • Multiple simultaneous topics -- you can ignore what you don't like and discuss your particular interests
    • Moderate traffic 5-10 messages per day
    • Daily digest available -- only 1 message containing all daily traffic, sent early evening (Irish time)
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