May 20, 2017
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
The RSPBA’s British Pipe Band Championships, Paisley, Scotland
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September 20, 1961Donald Morrison wins Gold Medal at Inverness playing “Alisdair Dhearg”.
September 20, 1961Donald Morrison wins Gold Medal at Inverness playing “Alisdair Dhearg”.
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October 8, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society October GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
October 7, 2017The 35th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Solo Piping ContestFirst Reformed Church of Scotia in Scotia, New York
October 7, 2017Captain John Maclellan MBE Piping ChampionshipArmy School of Piping and Highland Drumming, Edinburgh
October 8, 2017Master Class with Ian K. MacDonald and Ben McClamrock in Albany, New YorkCeltic Hall, Albany, New York
October 8, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society October GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
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Pipers: Double up hemp for anything but a touch-up job. If you keep the strands at even tension you double the tension you can apply. You also cut hemping time in half. Better, faster quality.
Charley Kron, C.E. Kron Bagpipes
Pipers: Double up hemp for anything but a touch-up job. If you keep the strands at even tension you double the tension you can apply. You also cut hemping time in half. Better, faster quality.
Charley Kron, C.E. Kron Bagpipes
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