08/27/03’s illustrious band:

The Truth about the Pakistani Bagpipe

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Click here to learn the truth about the Pakistani Bagpipe as contained in Pipe Major Conley’s Complete Tutor for the Pakistani Bagpipe. “It is a humorous, irreverent look at bagpipes and bagpiping that has long been needed,” writes the person auctioning this book on eBay for $10. “Many long looked for answers are at last exposed. Pomposity is thrust aside.” (However, the seller cautions that “You must be a piper or someone who understands the bagpipe to get the most from this remarkable book.”)

At last! Answers to my PB questions -- without the usual pomposity! As an added bonus, the book promises to reveal some of the “strange things” the writers from the Monterey Bay Scottish Research Group have uncovered, along with pointers and sympathy. Is that sympathy for the reader, the piper, or the piper’s audience? Guess I don’t understand bagpipes well enough to make that determination, but I’m willing to learn.

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