New York bagpiping history and culture

New York Bagpipes

New York bagpiping history, newspaper archives, people, performances, and cultural stories.

Historic view of New York City

Regional spotlight

New York piping—past and present

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Dojo University Bagpipe Tuning Clinic

An Intensive Weekend Workshop Focusing on the Four Cornerstones of Masterful Tuning: Steady Blowing, Drone Harmony, Chanter …

New York’s bagpiping history reaches from nineteenth-century newspaper accounts to immigrant communities, police and fire department bands, parades, experimental music, Highland games, and today’s performers.

This growing archive brings those stories together. Begin with the historical articles already preserved here, then return as additional newspaper clippings, photographs, and research are transcribed and added.