The Ebay Bagpiper: Devil Drone Reeds by Vince Janoski

Wherein Pipehacker purchases and test drives assorted bagpipe junk from ebay—so you don’t have to. If you spend any time sorting through the bagpipe offerings on Ebay you’ve seen them. The strange and wonderful variety of “off-brand” drone reeds from just about every continent on Earth. Serious pipers will simply give these goofy entries a [...]

This Week in Ebay Bagpipe Finds by Vince Janoski

Very few folks are alive today who can recall seeing the legendary PM Willie Ross play in person. Those who are may have a thing or two to say, but why wait for that? Here is a vintage 78 rpm record (yes, a record, a large, grooved vinyl disc that you spun around to hear [...]

This Week in Ebay Bagpipe Finds by Vince Janoski

You just never know what you might find… Here is a “vintage” solo bagpiping medal from-a-way-on-back in 1987. Silver, so second place to a lucky guy or gal! The medal even comes with an embossed bagpiper and engraving on the back with the year. Ah, remember the days when you used to get custom medals [...]