About Us

Welcome to The Bagpipe Shop

The Bagpipe Shop is part of The National Piping Centre, a charity which serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the instrument and its music. We offer world class bagpipe education, the finest Scottish food and beautiful bedrooms in the Pipers' Tryst restaurant and hotel, as well as a large event space ideal for weddings and our Museum of Piping which features treasures of the piping world.

Opening Hours

We are open:
9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday at McPhater Street and Otago Street
9am - 3pm, Saturdays and Sundays at McPhater Street only.

Our Charity

Every purchase you make from The Bagpipe Shop goes back in to supporting the projects run by The National Piping Centre to help us achieve our aim: To promote the study of the music and history of the Highland Bagpipe. These projects include The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, our free piping for schools project, supporting all our teaching work and so much more. 

The National Piping Centre opened in 1996 through the efforts of our Founders, who are Sir Brian Ivory, CBE, FRSE, Lady Ivory, DL and Sandy Grant Gordon, CBE. 

Our Patron His Majesty The King, officially opened The National Piping Centre in 1998. 

To find out more about The National Piping Centre and its work, please head over to The National Piping Centre website here.