List of bagpipe technology books

This is a list of published books about the different kinds of bagpipes.

Uilleann pipes

* My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uilleann pipes
* "A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes", Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, ISBN 0-934302-00-6, Silver Spear Pub, 1980
* "Reedmaking Made Easy", Dave Hegarty, Published Na Piobairi Uilleann, Printed Futuresprint, Dublin, 1983
* "The Pipers Despair", David Quinn
* "The Insane Art of Reed Making", Patrick Sky
* Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes with the Armagh Pipers Club, Erthne & J.B. Vallely, illustrated, Ronan Press Ltd, reprinted 4th edition 1981
* "The New Approach to Uilleann Piping", H. J. Clarke, St Martin's Publications, 1988, Galway
* The Davy Spillane Uilleann Pipe Tutor, bOOK I Basic, Davy Spillane and Tommy Walsh, Waltons Manufacturing Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-7866-3400-6
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Northumbrian smallpipes

* "Reed Making", George Wallace, Northumbrian Piper's Society
* "Reed Maintenance", Colin Ross, Northumbrian Piper's Society
* "Basic Tutor for the Northumbrian Small Pipes", Richard Butler, printed by Crescent Printing company, Ashington, Northumberland
* "Handbook for the Northumbrian Small Pipes", Richard Butler, printed by Butler Publishing, Cliffside, Northumberland, 1987, ISBN 0-946928-07-X
*"Drone Reeds with Brass Body & Cane Tongues", David Bailey, Northumbrian Piper's Society

Highland bagpipes

* "The Highland Bagpipe", Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
* "The Piper's Handbook", PM John A. MacLellan, MBE, Paterson's Publications, London
* "The Highland Bagpipe and its Music", Roderick D. Cannon FSA(Scot),2002, ISBN 0-85976-549-0, John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
* "Piobaireachd, Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe", by Seamus MacNeill, 1969, 1976, SBN 563 07487 6, published by BBC
* "The Notation & Tuning of the Highland Bagpipe", Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
* "Bagpipe Music for Dancing", John MacLellan, Paterson's Publications
* "The Art of Piobaireachd", by Dr. Ian L. McKay, revised 1996, published bt Comunn na Piobaireachd (NA) Inc
* "Piping and Drumming, An Integrated Approach", Volume I, S.H.Bailie, Published by the Northern Ireland Piping and Drumming School of the N.I. branch, The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, Belfast 1988.
* "Structured Learning, The RSPBA Complete Guide to Piping & Drumming Certificiation", Books I-III, Published by The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.
* "Highland Bagpipe Makers", Jeannie Campbell, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5, Magnus Orr Publishing
* "Bagpipe Reeds: The Full Story", Bruce D. Liberati, Pipe Band Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986
* "Piping Times", vol. 51, no. 5, February 1999, Making Bagpipes, illustrated
* "Walton's Tutor and selection of Irish Aires for the Bagpipes", Orpen-Palmer, no date
* "Angus MacDonald's Collection" (two books) - Lismor
* "A Compeat Theory of the Scots' Highland Bagpipe", Joseph MacDonald,1760.

Border pipes

* "The Master Piper" (the Dixon MS)
* "The Border Bagpipe Book", Matt Seattle, Dragonfly (out of print?)
* Journal NA Association of Lowland & Border Pipes, Number 5, March 1993, edited by Brian McCandless
* "A Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes", Gordon Mooney, (Applicable to the Lowland Pipes, Border Pipes, Northumbrian Half-long Pipes and Scottish Small Pipes), Published by Lowland & Border Pipers Society, 1995

Spanish "gaita"

* None known as yet

Swedish bagpipes

* None known as yet

Breton music

* Tonioú Breiz Izel - two volumes
* "Methode Bretonne De Cornemuse", Gilles Goyat, Centre Breton d'Art Populaire, 1981
* "Nouvelle Methode de Cornemuse Ecossaise", Jean-Luc Le Moign, 11/23/1995, ISBN 2-910981-09-6
* "Ecole de Bomborde", Jean L'Helgouach
* "Methode de Bombarde", Padrig Sicard, ISBN 2-9508677-2-3

Brien Boru warpipes

* "The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes", Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date

General Books

* "Bagpipes", Anthon Baines, ISBN 0-902793-10-1, Book Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
* "Woodwind Instruments & Their History", Anthony Baines, ISBN 0-486-26885-3, Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
* "Highland Bagpipe Makers", Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5