Oliver Seeler's ~ Universe of Bagpipes ~

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• Initial welcome page with select links and privacy statement

• Front page:
  
  
  • Catalog
    • Catalog Index page With Links To Our Extensive Descriptions,
      Advice, Comments, Tips, Instructions, Etc.
    • J. Practice Chanters & Outfits
      • The Practice Chanter ~ tips & maintenance
      • The Practice Chanter Outfits offered here ~ information & ordering
      • A new water trap for the Dunbar Millennium 2000 Practice Chanter
    • J. Dunbar Ltd. Bagpipe, Model P1
      • Dunbar Model P1 Great Highland Bagpipe ~ Setup, Reed Basics, Etc.
      • The Dunbar Model P1 Great Highland Bagpipe ~ Purchasing Information
    • J. Dunbar Ltd. Bagpipe, Model P3
      • Dunbar Model P3 Great Highland Bagpipe ~ Setup, Reed Basics, Etc.
      • Purchasing Information for the Dunbar Model P3
    • Accessories and Enhancements for J. Dunbar Ltd. Bagpipes
    • J. Dunbar Ltd. Great Highland Bagpipe Chanters
    • The Fabulous John Walsh "Convertible" Smallpipe
    • Our Enhanced "Kitchen Bagpipe"
    • Concert Pitch (A=440 Hz) GHB chanter by MacLellan
    • Clanrye Synthetic Great Highland Bagpipe Chanter Reeds
    • Fagerstrom Electronic Bagpipe New!
    • Fagerstrom Electronic Practice Chanter
    • Ross Technologies Electronic Bagpipe
    • Bannatyne Hybrid Bagpipe Bag
    • Blowpipe Swivel Stock New!
    • Jim McGillivray Teaching Videos
    • Jim McGillivray "Rythmic Fingerwork" Tutorial
    • John Cairns "Bagpipe Solutions" Tutorials
    • "Essential Tunes" Book, Music & CD New!
    • College of Piping Tutor & CD
    • Master Pipers in Recital CD
      
      
  • Bagpipes of the World CD ~ General Information:
    • Album ordering information
    • Album liner notes and sound samples
    • Album background information
    • Album title list with comments
    • Album reviews
    • Album production notes & engineering credits (Peter Temple, Temple Studio)
      
      
  • Bagpipes of the World CD ~ The Thirty Bagpipes:
    • Bagpipe #1: Bohemian Bock, Czech Republic
    • Bagpipe #2: Grand Cornemuse, France - Bourbonnais
    • Bagpipe #3: Gaida, Macedonia
    • Bagpipe #4: Surdulina (Zampogna type), Italy - Calabria
    • Bagpipe #5: Northumbrian Smallpipe (Later Type, With 7-Keyed Chanter), NE England
    • Bagpipe #6: Gaita Gallega, Spain - Galicia
    • Bagpipe #7: Slaski Gajdy, Poland - Silesia
    • Bagpipe #8: Chevrette, France - Limousins
    • Bagpipe #9: Chiaramedda (Zampogna type), Italy - Sicily
    • Bagpipe #10: Biniou Koz (& Bombarde), France - Brittany
    • Bagpipe #11: Piob Uilleann, Ireland
    • Bagpipe #12: Duda, Hungary - Paloc
    • Bagpipe #13: Tulum, Turkey
    • Bagpipe #14: Dudelsack, Low Countries, Germany, Austria
    • Bagpipe #15: Great Highland Bagpipe (An Piob Mhor), Scotland - Highlands
    • Bagpipe #16: Zampogna de Scapoli (& Piffero), Italy - Molise
    • Bagpipe #17: Kaba Gaida, Bulgaria - Rodope Mountains
    • Bagpipe #18: Northumbrian Smallpipe (Early Type, Keyless Chanter), England - Northumbria
    • Bagpipe #19: Surle, Northern Croatia
    • Bagpipe #20: Duda, Poland - Wielkopolska
    • Bagpipe #21: Sackpipa, Sweden - Dalarna
    • Bagpipe #22: Uilleann Pipe in D (Taylor Bros., Phil. Penn. ca.1890), Ireland
    • Bagpipe #23: Cabrette, France - Auvergne
    • Bagpipe #24: Gajdy, Serbia
    • Bagpipe #25: Musette de Cour, France
    • Bagpipe #26: Zukra, Tunisia
    • Bagpipe #27: Diple, Croatia - Dalmation Coast
    • Bagpipe #28: Lowland Scots' (or Northumbrian Half-Long), English-Scottish Border
    • Bagpipe #29: Koza, Poland - Zakopane
    • Bagpipe #30: Gran Zampogna, Italy - Campagna
      
      
• "Special Features" Section:
  • "Special Features" entry & menu page
  • Bagpipe Tuning ~ a major essay ~Read This!
  • A memorial for pipemaker Dieter Guttler
  • Ted Anderson's Really Huge Zampogna
  • Frans Hattink, bagpipe maker to the Low Countries
    • Frans Hattink's News Page ~ events, schedule workshops, etc.
  • Bagpiping in Slovakia
  • Guido Ianetta, Italian Zampogna player and maker of Pifferos
  • Confused Artists: Weird Bagpipes and Odd Pipers
  • Tionol 1999: A gathering of pipers in San Francisco
  • A bagpipe in Jewish Culture!
  • Scan of the Month #5 ~ High Res. Graphics
  • A pipe with an interesting battle scar
  • The world's only bagpipe crossword puzzle
    • Solution to crossword puzzle
  • Bagpipes on Spoons
  • New discovery of an ancient bagpipe carving
  • Vom Singenden Dudelsack by Ernst E. Schmidt (book review)
  • 1908 Great Highland Bagpipe Plans
  • 16th century Basque whalers documented with a bagpiper
  • Complete scan of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica's article on bagpipes ~New!
    
    
• "About Bagpipes" Section:
  • "About Bagpipes" entry & menu page
  • What's a bagpipe?
  • Illustrated English glossary of bagpipe terminonlogy
  • Notes on the history of bagpipes ~ Page 1
  • Notes on the history of bagpipes ~ Page 2 New!
  • Notes on the building of bagpipes
  • Notes on the playing of bagpipes
    
    
• Sean Folsom's Pages:
  • Sean's music, background & his extensive other (non-bagpipe) instruments
  • Sean's upcoming and recent-past performances
  • Sean's album, film and other performance credits
  • Sean's "special services" - bagpipe restoration, reed-making, etc.
  • Sean's performance formats & contact information
  • Sean's school performances
  
  
• Bagpipes & Hurdy-Gurdies ~ Close Cousins:
  • "Bagpipes & Hurdy-Gurdies" - section entry, menu and introduction
  • The Bagpipe & Hurdy-Gurdy Museum in Lisberg, Germany, with a photo tour
  • Kurt Reichmann and the Hurdy-Gurdy Girls
    
    
  • The Hurdy-Gurdy explained, with pictures and sound:
    • Introduction, with two complete tunes
    • The melody strings, with sound
    • The drone strings, with sound
    • The "trompette," with sound
    • Misc. bits, with sound
    
    
• Bagpipes on Postage Stamps - a virtual collection:
  • "Bagpipes on Postage Stamps" entry page with 165 thumbnails
    • The first of 124 large bagpipe stamp images with commentary
    
    
• Bagpipe Graphics - a collection: (Completely Overhauled ~ Hundreds of New Images!!)
  • "Bagpipe Graphics" entry page & menu
    • Engravings
    • Eary Photographs
    • Paintings & Drawings
    • Ceramics
    • Metalwork
    
    
• Site Background Information:
  • "About This Site" with photos & text about site author/operator Oliver Seeler
    
    
• Site Instructions:
  • Browsers, screen resolutions, graphic file types, sound files, etc.
  • This map (you are here!)
    
    
• What's New:
  • Dated list of new & updated items with links
  
  

Bagpipe Bibliography:

• Books, Journals, etc. dealing with bagpipes
  
  

The CD-ROM of this site:

• Information, ordering
  
  

Links:

• Bob Dunsire's Bagpipe Web Directory - the first and only place to go besides here!
• A few of our friends & favorite places - annotated
• New! Reciprocal links - annotated

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