The Bagpipes and the Recorder!!

[wgority]

Ok...I want to learn the pipes. I really do. I can't really put in the money for lessons until next year because of other obligations, but I will take lessons from an instructor here. I want to go downtown buy a chanter from the local Scottish Store and start tooting, but I've held firm. I've heard enough from experienced pipers not to do that.

Jim,

Usually a pipe band will offer free instruction for beginners with the expectation that the student will join the band for performances when he/she is proficient on the instrument. I note that you are in Salt Lake City. I've found these contact for pipe bands in Utah. You may want to try contacting them and see what their policies are.

Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Corps J Ogden UT maxsonc@m.ogden.k12.ut.us
Galloway Highlanders 4 Clearfield UT rrowe@eagleut.com
J.T. Dunnie Pipe Band 4 Salt Lake City UT
Payson High School Pipe Band J Payson UT DouglasWelton@msn.com
Utah Pipe Band 4 Salt Lake City UT pipesanddrums@utahpipeband.org
Wasatch & District Pipe Band 4 Bountiful UT executive.director@wdpb.org
White Peak Centennial Pipe Band 4 Payson UT piperatlarge@netzero.net

Hope that helps.