As it is #StAndrewsDay, we wanted to share this special announcement: We are thrilled to announce the MacLellan Tartan! This tartan was...

MacLellan Bagpipes and Melvin Reeds are pleased to welcome the Wake and District Pipe Band* from Raleigh, North Carolina as a featured...

MacLellan Bagpipes are pleased to welcome the infectiously talented Allyson Crowley-Duncan as a featured MacLellan artist. "My...

MacLellan Bagpipes and Melvin Reeds are pleased to welcome the Charleston Pipe Band from Charleston, South Carolina as a featured...

A few photos of various versions of the MacLellan Chalice Top profile.

Resharing a post from a few years back (as featured on the WRAL Tar Heel Traveler). Not much has changed how Roddy does things. ...

Summerville man crafts bagpipes for pipers around world By RICHARD WALKER, T&D Staff Writer ^ Nov 5, 2006 They’re nearly as old as time....

It took a year for this wood to arrive, because it is ethically sourced from Tanzania. In a remote area of Southern Tanzania where large...

Sharing a lovely story from 2016: Vidor Police Sgt. Rodney Johnson said he's watched fellow Officer Jeff Courts play his bagpipes at...

Lost Satisfactions of Manual Competence.

Spent the day with Roddy at the shop and came across his very first print catalog; a late night throwback Thursday. Some of Roddy's...

Every now and again we get unique sets of drones in the shop for restoration work. Aesthetically, this is a rather demure and dainty set...

All of our wood is Air dried only, kiln drying can burn off some of the natural oils which are so   very important in musical instrument...

They’re nearly as old as time. Though they’re easily recognizable by sight, they’re even more recognizable by sound, a sound like no...

As a learner piper, when Roddy was ready to purchase his first set of bagpipes -- he said to himself..."I can make bagpipes.." The rest...

Contact our dealers: We recommend you order through one of the dealers listed here. However, feel free contact me directly to discuss...

Sharing courtesy of Griffin Hall and J. Higgins, Ltd. -- the Higgins pipe chanter reed played in the Elevation chanter. Slightly lower...

It gets lonely sometimes in the shop - we'd love to hear from you -- so drop us a note. Contact. Roddy, I received the pipes the other...

Following the great success of our Millennium Edition, we decided it was time to introduce a new, unique design. Rather than look to...

On 10 November 1775, by Act of the Continental Congress, two Battalions of Marines were raised, thus forming the United States Marine...