We play historical bagpipes and music from all over Europe generally nothing later than 1650 – nothing Celtic as such. But then the Celts did come from Bavaria…

The leather arrived last week and I worked intensely to make another bag, so fast, that I even had a day to remove the first attempt and tie in all the wooden parts to the bag. It’s nice to know Calf hide works. I used some of the black leather as a welt for the edge seam. That looks nice with the oxblood.

Once that was done I played it on & off all day Sat & Sun at our Renaissance Faire. We had either light or heavy rain both days. I got some rain spotting on the outside of the bag, which might dry out over the next days. It doesn’t look like it was seeping moisture & gunk through the leather from within.

The best is that the new bag really holds air well and makes playing as easy as it could be, and I didn’t have to wait another week to put in into service.

It’s an English Great Medieval bagpipe made many years ago by Julian Goodacre in Scotland.