Quote Originally Posted by HarborSpringsPiper View Post

Although this is an often repeated statement, the bagpipes were never outlawed in the Act of Proscription. They were in a separate court case deemed an "instrument of war" which was then the justification for a death sentence of the piper in question but my understanding is this was an isolated case, implicating him as being in and with "armed men".

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I stand corrected (certainly not unusual). Guess I heard that from so many sources I accepted it on face value, but you're probably right.

Even so, you would think they had to be careful. The statement has been attributed to Sir Walter Scott that "Twelve clansmen and one piper make a rebellion".

Round Bros. in Grandview MI used to make the best hammered dulcimers I've ever seen. Not sure if they are still doing so.

Elderly Instruments used to have a large selection of CD's and tapes.