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Some member might be interested in a file I've written, outlining a simple system of tablature for the whistle. Although it's no substitute for stave notation, tablature can be useful if you're having difficulties learning to sight read. It can also be handy for annotating difficult passages of fing...

I got a 1-piece C and a tunable B from Tony, and they're two of my all-time favourites (out of the many whistles I've accumulated over 25 years of playing). A friend gave me a 1-piece plastic D flute, also of his making, and it's ideal for a quick side-blow (when I can't be bothered with all the pal...

Some years ago, we had a fledgeling wannabe piper in our pipers' club who, despite unanimous advice to the contrary, went and bought a set of Pakistani supposedly-Uilleann Pipes from Hobgoblin. To put it technically, they were ... crap. They didn't play in tune, they were unstable ('what do ya mean:...

And then there were pipers 3...

It would be good to get some sessions going in the Plymouth area (that's the Devon original, not the New England derivative!). Do you play Irish or Scots music? Get in touch, and let's see what happens.