Be sure to check out the new MidWest School of Piping and Drumming at www.msopd.com.  The school features an excellent cast of instructors including The Captain (Ken Eller), Bruce Gandy, John Fisher, Tyler Fry, Doug McCrae, Lyric Todkill, and yours truly, Ron Bowen.  Join us for an outstanding week of instruction and fellowship.

The Bagpipe Place has been called the single most important resource for pipers everywhere, no matter where they are around the globe.  I think you'll agree. This website is both a labour of love and work in progress.  My goal is to provide you with the best possible information to increase your understanding, knowledge, proficiency, and enjoyment of The Great Highland Bagpipe.

Please support our efforts by shopping at The Bagpipe Store.  By doing so you help to keep this site open and free to everyone.  We offer a wide range of products at competitive prices, provide secure electronic processing of orders, and same-day shipping in most instances.  Visit The Back Room for specialty items.  Click on the icon to enter.

This is one of the most ambitious and important bagpipe sites on the Internet.  Important vintage bagpipes are documented here in words, pictures, and with their internal specifications.  Learn about the makers, the turners, and the instruments they made.  The Bagpipe Place Museum is an important resource for pipers around the world.  Simply put, there's nothing else like it anywhere.  Click on the image to the left to enter.

The Bagpipe Place School contains the complete content (and more) of my book, The Care and Maintenance of The Great Highland Bagpipe and my comprehensive step-by-step instruction book on learning how to play the bagpipe,  The Bagpipe Tutor. The Bagpipe Tutor is excellent for learners of all ages.  It contains pictures, words, and sound files to make the experience fun and easy.  You'll be playing tunes on the practice chanter within days and you'll be playing bagpipes within weeks!  Click on the picture to the left to preview The Bagpipe Place School.

The Bagpipe Place Library contains vintage recordings of bagpipes, some dating back to the 1890's.  The Library also contains traditional and contemporty sheet music.  I'm happy to provide you with music for tunes where the copyright is considered "public domain".  Click on the image to enter.

Ringo Bowen...my story...worth the read...

How to build a pipe band by Ringo Bowen...worth the read...