Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

Finnskog pols is one of my favorites. I think a number of Finnskog pols that I know work well on bagpipe - I'll have to check that out.

We tend to change the way we (Chicago Spelmanslag and it's su ...

Good idea. It was interesting playing with Olle and hearing tunes that have been in my (and Chicago Spelmanslag's) repertoire for years played on a bagpipe.
I guess I need to consider the bagpipeabi ...

And don't miss the Resources tab on the Blue Rose site.

http://www.folkwiki.se/ and http://spillefolk.dk/ are two of my favorites.
Tim

I have a set of Börs Anders Öhman pipes I bought used through a friend in Sweden.
It's droning around D#. I'm not very patient when it's come to set up. I use it for demonstrations at performances o ...

The March 18-20 weekend is also the Norwegian Music and Dance Weekend at Folklore Village in Wisconsin http://folklorevillage.org/t2/calendar.
I'm not sure if there would be any participant overlap.

I would plan on attending.
I am most interested in getting my pipes (reeds) to play in tune with the rest of the world.
But working on tunes and hands on, in person workshops sounds great.
I'll po ...

Check out Olle on Swedish Radio. Aired 25 January
Nice job Olle.
Tim

I've been hoping to go to Nisswastamma for a few years now. It's a long way from everywhere! And we usually have a gig here in Chicago that weekend.

Last year one of our lag members ...

I've been asked to play säckpipa at a wedding in September. The tune(s) I will be playing will probably be in C.
I have a set of Börs Anders Öhman pipes with a D/G chanter, bought lightly used from ...

Sounds great Aaron!

Name: Tim Anderson
Location: Chicago suburbs
Primary Instrument: Guitar
Secondary Instruments: Bass, Härjedalpipa, mungiga, säckpipa
Other interests: Many, including the Chicago Spelmanslag