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It began in Gibraltar.
Alan Waldron first took piping lessons in Gibraltar in 1991.
Stirling
Stirling Bagpipes
A bagpipe maker's workshop and shop on Broad Street, making Highland pipes and smallpipes by hand, with antique sets for sale.
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Stirling Bagpipes is a bagpipe maker's workshop and shop on Broad Street, in the Old Town below the castle, with its name painted over the window and the words bagpipe maker on the glass.
Step inside and the walls are hung with sets of pipes, and the owner, Alan Waldron, makes new Highland bagpipes here by hand, along with Scottish smallpipes and Border pipes, from standard sets to ones made to a player's own specification.
It is also a place to see and buy old instruments. The shop keeps a wide collection of antique bagpipes by famous makers, and it repairs pipes too, giving tired sets a new life. Alongside the instruments are chanters and practice chanters, reeds, bags and the rest of a piper's kit, drumming supplies, and Highland wear from sporrans to sgian dubhs. Even if you have never played a note, it is worth looking in to see a craft that is rarely practised in a shop window. Call ahead for opening times.
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Before you go
At 8 Broad Street, Stirling.
Call ahead for opening times on 01786 448886.
- Where
- 8 Broad Street, Stirling.
- Hours
- Call ahead: 01786 448886.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- 10am–6pm
- Tuesday
- 10am–6pm
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- 10am–6pm
- Friday
- 10am–6pm
- Saturday
- 10am–6pm
- Sunday
- Closed
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Galway and folk music.
Working in Galway, in Ireland, deepened his interest in folk music and the pipes before he came home in 1996.
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Taught by a great soloist.
He was tutored in playing by the world-renowned solo piper Allan MacDonald.
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Trained at Garvie Bagpipes.
By 2000 he was making his own pipes, and he learned the trade at Garvie Bagpipes in Edinburgh, starting with smallpipes and Border pipes.
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Every stage by hand.
The maker does every stage himself, from reeds and bellows to lathe work and tuning.
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In Piping Today.
The workshop was featured in Piping Today magazine, issue 91, in 2018.
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From our guide to Stirlingshire
Stirling Bagpipes is a working bagpipe maker's shop on Broad Street, in the Old Town under the castle. The walls are hung with sets of pipes, and new Highland bagpipes are made here by hand, along with Scottish smallpipes and Border pipes. There is a collection of antique pipes by famous makers for sale, and tired old sets are repaired and given a new life. Alongside are chanters, reeds, bags and the rest of a piper's kit, with Highland wear from sporrans to sgian dubhs. Even if you have never played a note, it is worth looking in to see a rare craft still practised in a shop.
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8 Broad Street, Stirling, FK8 1EF.
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The PortcullisAn inn by the castle esplanade in a school building of 1787, with a traditional lounge bar, a walled beer garden and rooms.Under a mile 1 min by road
The Star PyramidA sandstone pyramid of 1863 in Stirling's Old Town Cemetery, raised to Scotland's martyrs, with marble Bibles at its foot.Under a mile 1 min by road
MintA mint-green café on cobbled Baker Street in Stirling's Old Town, known for crêpes, waffles and cakes.Under a mile 1 min by road
Unorthodox RoasterThe Stirling café of the Kinross coffee roasters, on Friars Street, with pour-over coffee, flat whites and cakes.Under a mile 1 min by road
Stirling City CentreThe old burgh below the castle, where Broad Street has held a market since 1226, and the busier shopping streets below.Under a mile 3 min by road
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