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The Celtic Piping Club presents the first ever Piping Weekend in Talbot (Victoria, Australia) from 2-4 August 2013 . Held in the tiny town of Talbot "where the gold rush began", the weekend will provide opportunities to get together with other pipers and share tunes, ideas, tips and laughs...

I've got a set of Border pipes with a drone switch, but it doesn't stay 'off' too well. Seems to want to stay open all the time. Any ideas to remedy this? I've had mention to me that a little tallow on the switch shaft will help...hmmm...just make it sticky 'n stinky?!?!

I've got a set of Starck BB - bass, tenor, baritone drone; full-keyed highland style chanter....need to get going properly though

I acquired a set of BB pipes a couple of years ago. The pipes have the full-keyed GHB system. The pipes had been sitting in a cupboard for 50 years, so needed a bit of work. To date, I've cleaned the timbers & ferrules, etc, reeded the drones, re-hemped everything and made a new bag using the or...