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Julian Goodacre bagpipe maker

  • home
  • Blog
  • About Me
    • My Approach
    • My Workshop
    • My Writings
      • Miscellaneous writings
      • Bagpipe research
      • Pipe Making
    • From Tree to Pipe
    • Collaborations
  • My Bagpipes
    • English Bagpipes
      • Leicestershire Smallpipe
      • English Great Pipe
      • English Doublepipe
      • Cornish Doublepipe
      • Border Horn
    • Scottish Bagpipes
      • Scottish Smallpipes
      • Border Pipes
      • Great Highland Bagpipe
      • Montgomery Smallpipes
    • Other Bagpipes
      • Dürer Pipes
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    • Choosing Your Bagpipe
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Miscellaneous writings

A Broken Glass
A Broken Glass

I wrote this article for the Newsletter of The Portobello Zen Buddhist Priory, which is in Edinburgh, in April 2008. My theme is about acceptance of things as they are.

Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.
Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.

 My letter to the Editor of Chanter (Spring 2009) on the subject of murophobia and the potential damage to bagpipes caused by rats!

GEORGE BURCHILL & PIPING IN GREECE

I wrote this article for Chanter, the journal of the Bagpipe Society, in February, 2013

One of the pleasures of being an instrument maker is the contact I have with some of my customers.

Gnaoua
Gnaoua

I wrote this enthusiastic piece in 2007 in Morocco about Gnaoua- a type of Moroccan trance music.

Into the Woods
Into the Woods

This is a piece on the use of Scottish Hardwoods that I wrote for FLORA CELTICA by William Milleken & Sam Bridgewater- a lavishly produced  and illustrated  book on  Scottish plants and the people who use them.  Published by The Scottish Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.2004

John Hegley and Me
John Hegley and Me

I first heard John on a BBC Radio 4 programme called The Comedy Room Upstairs which featured some of the new wave of ‘alternative’ comedians from London’s new venue The Comedy Store. This must have been in 1984 or 5.

Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?
Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?

This is my 'End Drone' article for the Winter 2008 issue of Chanter, the journal of The Bagpipe Society.
Have you ever asked yourself that question? It may seem entirely irrelevant to you to go down this mental path .....

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A Broken Glass

A Broken Glass

Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.

Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.

GEORGE BURCHILL & PIPING IN GREECE

GEORGE BURCHILL & PIPING IN GREECE

Gnaoua

Gnaoua

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

John Hegley and Me

John Hegley and Me

Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?

Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?

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various writings

  • A Broken Glass
  • Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.
  • GEORGE BURCHILL & PIPING IN GREECE
  • Gnaoua
  • Into the Woods
  • John Hegley and Me
  • Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?

GEORGE BURCHILL & PIPING IN GREECE

I wrote this article for Chanter, the journal of the Bagpipe Society, in February, 2013

One of the pleasures of being an instrument maker is the contact I have with some of my customers.

Read more ...

Damage to bagpipes caused by rats.

 My letter to the Editor of Chanter (Spring 2009) on the subject of murophobia and the potential damage to bagpipes caused by rats!

Read more ...

Gnaoua

I wrote this enthusiastic piece in 2007 in Morocco about Gnaoua- a type of Moroccan trance music.

Read more ...

A Broken Glass

I wrote this article for the Newsletter of The Portobello Zen Buddhist Priory, which is in Edinburgh, in April 2008. My theme is about acceptance of things as they are.

Read more ...

Why Do I Play The Bagpipes?

This is my 'End Drone' article for the Winter 2008 issue of Chanter, the journal of The Bagpipe Society.
Have you ever asked yourself that question? It may seem entirely irrelevant to you to go down this mental path .....

Read more ...

John Hegley and Me

I first heard John on a BBC Radio 4 programme called The Comedy Room Upstairs which featured some of the new wave of ‘alternative’ comedians from London’s new venue The Comedy Store. This must have been in 1984 or 5.

Read more ...

Into the Woods

This is a piece on the use of Scottish Hardwoods that I wrote for FLORA CELTICA by William Milleken & Sam Bridgewater- a lavishly produced  and illustrated  book on  Scottish plants and the people who use them.  Published by The Scottish Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.2004

Read more ...

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