Hamish and Fin Moore
www.hamishmoore.com
Makers of high quality Scottish Small Pipes, Highland Bagpipes, Border and Reel pipes.
Hamish and Fin Moore, Fungarth Steading, Dunkeld, Perthshire PH8 0ES, Scotland * email hamishandfin@hamishmoore.com * tel +[44] (0)1350 728 838

News

Hamish has taken an artist in residence post in the town of Barge, Tuscany. He is turning parts of pipes and making reeds. He is also writing a weekly blog about his adventures. See www.barganews.com He is also trying to learn Italian and keep up his fiddling.

While Hamish is in Barga, Fin is very busy in the workshop until the summer when he has three trips planned for July and August. The first is to Ceolas, the summer school Hamish set up in South Uist. This runs from 6th till the 11th of July. After this Fin is set to teach at one of the biggest Piping Schools in the North America. Piping Hot Summer Drummer is run by Jack Lee and SFU (look for PHSD link). THe school is set in a ski resort in Vancouver. Fin is teaching for the second week 13th to 18th of July,so if there are small or border pipers on the west coast of North America it would be great to have you there.

Fin's last trip is one Hamish and Fin have done many times. He is going to Vermont for a week of teaching at a school Hamish set up 20 years ago. It is located just outside the lovely village of Richmond. For more information please write to Matt Buckley who hosts the week. Straight after the week in Richmond Fin is going to The Pipers Gathering. This is a great weekend with gigs, workshops, lectures and sessions. It is not just restricted to Scottish pipers either with Northumbrian and Uilleann pipes featuring as well. These events run from the 4th - 1tth of August.

We are also pleased to announce the second volume of The Piper and the Maker is nearing completion. It will be released on Greentrax again and we will have more information when it is ready. It will feature pipers mostly from the east coast of Canada and was again recorded live at Celtic Colours Festival.

The Piper And The Maker
This unique piping concert featuring top Scottish pipers playing Hamish and Fin Moore pipes, is now available on CD from Greentrax Recordings at MusicScotland. The concert took place at Pitlochry Town Hall, Perthshire, on 31st October 2003 and featured pipers on the recording include:

MARTYN BENNETT * GORDON DUNCAN * FIN MOORE * ALLAN MacDONALD * IAIN MacDONALD * ANGUS MacKENZIE * IAIN MacINNES * MALCOLM ROBERTSON * GARY WEST * HAMISH MOORE * ANNA MURRAY * GRAHAM MULHOLLAND

Anna Murray, Martyn Bennett and Graham Mulholland were unable to take part in the concert and were recorded at other locations.

Stolen Bagpipes Alert!

In an unfortunate incident on the evening of 11th January 2003, a set of Scottish Small Pipes and a set of Border Pipes (both made by Hamish Moore) were stolen from outside Sandy Bell's Bar in Forest Hill Lane, Edinburgh (near to the Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street).

As you can imagine the sense of loss is profound and any help in their recovery would be greatly appreciated.

Description of the Pipes, Chanters, Bellows and Case:

Small Pipes:
Made from Boxwood (a golden coloured wood) with gold plated ferrules and cocobolo (an almost black coloured wood but with a deep red tinge) mounts. Although these pipes were not marked with the maker's name they have the hall mark of Hamish and Fin Moore Pipes - ie the distinctive three steps between the upper narrow part of the drone and the larger diameter section which houses the tunung slide. The pipes have four drones set in a common stock, and a dark green velvet bag cover over a black hide bag.

Small Pipe chanters:
The A is made of African Blackwood and has a Boxwood mount. The D is made of Lignum Vitae (a dark green wood ) with a cocobolo mount.

Border Pipes:
Made from Boxwood with gold plated ferrules and cocobolo mounts. The boxwood on this set of pipes was 'flamed' (having a randomly spiralling grain) making the pipes particularly distinctive. The design of these pipes is copied from the Bryson and Cox drawings dated circa 1740. These pipes have a green suede bag, and no bag cover.

Bellows:
One set of bellows were contained in the case. Made of American Cherry wood with a boxwood inlay these bellows have highly ornate gold-plated plates to hold the leather hinges, arm and waist straps in place. All screws are ornately engraved and both the buckles and the main hinge plate have the name 'Moore' engraved on them. The leather is a particularly attractive 'ox blood' colour.

Highland Chanters:
One black (either Ebony or African Black Wood) Highland Pipe chanter with the maker's name 'Lawrie' marked on the neck. A silver sole with engraved thistle was also contained in the case. Also a Blackwood Highland chanter with the maker's name 'Shepherd' marked on the neck (no silver mount).

Case:
A plain black carrying case. Dimensions: length 23 inches, depth 5 inches, width 11 inches.

The attached photo (top) was taken by Neil Fordyce, Dunkeld.