The National Piping Centre is an institution in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

, dedicated to the playing of the

bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

, to include not only the

Great Highland Bagpipes The Great Highland bagpipe ( gd, a' phìob mhòr "the great pipe") is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the Great Irish Warpipes. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British Armed ...

, but also the

Scottish smallpipes The Scottish smallpipe is a bellows-blown bagpipe re-developed by Colin Ross and many others, adapted from an earlier design of the instrument. There are surviving bellows-blown examples of similar historical instruments as well as the mouth-bl ...

and Irish

uileann pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...

, as well as other traditional musical instruments. The institution includes practice spaces, an auditorium, and the Museum of Piping. It is located in the

Cowcaddens Cowcaddens ( sco, Coucaddens, gd, Coille Challtainn)
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district of the city, in the former Cowcaddens Free Church. The building is Category B listed.

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Official site
Bagpipe museums Museums in Glasgow Music museums in Scotland Scottish music Educational organisations based in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Glasgow Arts organisations based in Scotland {{edu-org-stub

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