As bagpipes ring out across the valley this St. Patrick’s Day, some will pause and admire the haunting sound while others ...

On March 6, the lower church at St. Patrick Parish hummed with a cacophony of reed instruments called “practice chanters” and ...

The Middletown Police Bagpipes & Drums Band is raising funds for a trip to Limerick, Ireland and will be competing in the All ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great ... A recorder is then installed into the bag to act as the chanter – the part of the instrument with with pitch is controlled by finger position.

THE bagpipes are a divisive instrument. You may know them for bringing a tear to your stone-faced uncle’s eye at a family wedding, or for ...

If you are interested in learning how to play the pipes, he also said you would start with an item known as a practice chanter, and then if you’d like to continue to play, you move onto the bagpipes.

After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save his life. During the recovery of bodies following the Battle of Marne in ...