Published: August 08, 2019

Ann Gray becomes first female to win Dunvegan Medal (“A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Caogach”) Portree, Skye, 1995.

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Pipers: Need to manipulate your pipe chanter reed? – use a pen knife or Xacto knife instead of sandpaper. You have much more control on the amount of cane you take off with a knife vs. sandpaper. And it is much better for the cane itself; other woodworkers call this technique “feathering.”

− Donald MacPhee, reedmaker, Alexandria, Scotland

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December 3, 1977

Paul McCartney’s “Mull of Kintyre,” featuring the Campbeltown Pipe Band, reaches #1 in the UK.
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