Music-making and camaraderie at home are enhanced by 
contact with other pipe makers and players from abroad.

At home:

Charlotte and Rebecca play soprano and alto pipes

American pipers play during a Holiday Open House in December 2001 at the Buckman Tavern in the room where the Minutemen met before the battle of Lexington. Pipers have played at open houses in Lexington for over 15 years.

Members of the American Pipers Guild rehearse in preparation for an international workshop in Mechelen, Belgium

Abroad:

Julie on bodhran, Sara on pipe, and Linne on mountain dulcimer, playing folk music

Americans teach people from many countries how to square dance at the workshop in Mechelen.

Street sign in the historic center of Mechelen, Belgium

The audience enjoys hearing players from Greece, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.S. perform together.

Members of the Dutch Pipers guild play pipes accompanied by a bamboo organ.

A convenient pipe holder and carrier made by a European piper

A "wind organ" made of bamboo pipes along the Dutch coast.

A piper and a drummer from Greece perform at an international conference in Graz, Austria

Some American pipers sadly leave the international course in Mechelen.

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