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For the price of ?29,800 ($47,366) Peter Anderson of Australia is now the proud owner of the pipes played by the great Donald MacPherson. Conveniently, the price includes the cost of shipping to Australia. The price is thought to be a record paid for a set of Highland pipes. The MacPherson pipes ¨C a set of R.G. Lawrie drones with ivory projecting mounts . . .

The Piobaireachd Society has announced the tunes that the world’s best solo pipers will have to choose from for the top competitions at . . .

Approximately 100 people paid their last respects to Donald MacPherson, the legendary piper who died on April 21st in his ninetieth year. The service was held in Edinburgh at Mortonhall Crematorium . . .

For competing pipers and drummers in the know, “ScottishPower” means the top-tier Grade 1 pipe band from . . .

A recent news story on Scotsman.com may have created a stir with pipers who read it, but the article got important points wrong, especially when it insinuated that makers of . . .

With three second-prizes at the World Championships and a raft of firsts at other majors, many people agree that Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia holds the unofficial title of “Best Band Not Yet to Win a World’s,” . . .

The annual Adjudicators’ Seminar of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario attracted 34 from the organization’s panel to the all-day . . .

The Grade 1 Dysart & Dundonald Pipe Band of Fife, Scotland, has secured a new three-year sponsorship agreement with the Kilts & More . . .

When the legendary piper Robert Reid died in 1965 he notoriously was said to have requested in his will that all of his piping manuscripts and recordings be buried with . . .

The first major championship of the 2012 UK season will again take place at Dumbarton, Scotland, when more than 160 bands compete at the Scottish Championships . . .

The Grade 1 Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band of Vancouver will help celebrate its fortieth anniversary year by releasing a new . . .

pipes|drums Magazine has been awarded naming rights to one of North America’s most established solo piping events, which will undergo a makeover with a new-look event . . .

Pipers from the Grade 2 Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Pipe Band and the Grade 1 Strathclyde Police Pipe Band and House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead aren’t sure of the official . . .

It is with great sadness that the Fife Constabular …

Two Grade 2 United States-based bands that have been recently re-graded by the RSPBA went head-to-head at the annual Colonial . . . .