This is a list of published books about the bagpipes.

Uilleann pipes

• My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uillean pipes
• A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, ISBN 0 934302 00 6, Silvber Spear Pub, 1980
• Reedmaking Made Easy, Dave Hegarty, Published Na Piobairi Uillean, Printed Futuresprint, Dublin, 1983
• The Pipers Despair, David Quinn
• The Insane Art of Reed Making, Patrick Sky
• Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes with the Armagh Pipers Club, Erthne & J.B. Vallely, illustrated, Ronan Press Ltd, reprinted 4th edition 1981
• The New Approach to Uilleann Piping, H. J. Clarke, St Martin's Publications, 1988, Galway
• The Davy Spillane Uilleann Pipe Tutor, bOOK I Basic, Davy Spillane and Tommy Walsh, Waltons Manufacturing Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0 7866 3400 6

Northumbrian smallpipes

• Reed Making, George Wallace, Northumbrian Piper's Society
• Reed Maintenance, Colin Ross, Northumbrian Piper's Society
• Basic Tutor for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Crescent Printing company, Ashington, Northumberland
• Handbook for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Butler Publishing, Cliffside, Northumberland, 1987, ISBN 0 946928 07 X
• Drone Reeds with Brass Body & Cane Tongues, David Bailey, Northumbrian Piper's Society

Highland bagpipes

• The Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
• The Piper's Handbook, PM John A. MacLellan, MBE, Paterson's Publications, London
• Bagpipe Reeds: The Full Story, Bruce D. Liberati, Pipe Band Technoly, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986
• Piping Times, vol. 51, no. 5, February 1999, Making Bagpipes, illustrated
• Walton's Tutor and selection of Irish Aires for the Bagpipes, Orpen-Palmer, no date
• The Notation & Tuning of the Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
• Willie Ross, Books 1-5
• Donald MacLeod, Books 1-6
• Gordon Highlanders Collection
• Seaforth Collection
• The Antipodes Collection (two volumes)
• Bagpipe Music for Dancing, John MacLellan, Paterson's Publications
• Angus MacDonald's Collection (two books) - Lismor

Border pipes

• The Master Piper (the Dixon MS)
• The Border Bagpipe Book, Matt Seattle, Dragonfly (out of print?)
• Journal NA Association of Lowland & Border Pipes, Number 5, March 1993, edited by Brian McCandless
• A Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes, Gordon Mooney, (Applicable to the Lowland Pipes, Border Pipes, Northumbrian Half-long Pipes and Scottish Small Pipes), Published by Lowland & Border Pipers Society, 1995

Spanish gaita

• None known as yet

Swedish bagpipes

• None known as yet

Breton music

• Tonioú Breiz Izel - two volumes
• Methode Bretonne De Cornemuse, Gilles Goyat, Centre Breton d'Art Populaire, 1981
• Nouvelle Methode de Cornemuse Ecossaise, Jean-Luc Le Moign, 11/23/1995, ISBN 2 910981 09 6
• Ecole de Bomborde, Jean L'Helgouach
• Methode de Bombarde, Padrig Sicard, ISBN 29508677 2 3

Brien Boru warpipes

• The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date

General Books

• Bagpipes, Anthon Baines, ISBN 0902793101, Book Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
• Woodwind Instruments & Their History, Anthony Baines, ISBN 0486268853, Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
• Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1 899780 02 5

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