The Highland Drumming Index

THE HIGHLAND DRUMMING INDEX
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PUBLICATIONS/WEB PAGES
DEALERS - DRUMS, STICKS and ACCESSORIES
DRUMMING INSTRUCTION
DRUM NOTATION

PUBLICATIONS/WEB PAGES

Piper and Drummer
http://www.piperanddrummer.com/
Print magazine for pipe band musicians.
P.O. Box 21035
Harwood Place Post Office
290 Harwood Ave.
South, Ajax, Ontario
L1S 7H2, CANADA

EUSPBA (Eastern United States Pipe Band Association)
http://www.euspba.org/

Gaelic Snare Drum Tutor
http://hometown.aol.com/djrauden/myhomepage/business.html
This tutor, by Daniel Raudenbush, takes a student from first picking up the sticks, through reading drum music and playing drum music, through generic and massed band beatings, up to the playing of tunes.

The Drummers' Nest
http://www.multimania.com/drummethod
Scottish side drumming method online (bass, tenor and side drum). Rhythms, exercises, scores, .WAV files, and more.

The Amerscot Highland Pipe Band Drummers Den
http://www.amerscothighlandpipeband.com/drumcove.html
Exercises, standard settings, Amerscot contest and parades drum scores, drum salutes, and other scores (includes side, tenor and bass scores).

The Regimental Drummer
http://www2.tpgi.com.au/users/belray/
Includes rudiment exercises, utility settings, and jigs.

WUSPBA Drum Settings for Massed Bands
http://www.wuspba.org/music.htm
2/4 quick march, 3/4 retreat march, 4/4 quick march, and 6/8 quick march.

Drum Scores by Emerald Drum Sergeant Daniel Raudenbush
http://www.emeraldpipers.com/drumscores.html
Scores in Lime music notation format.

Tulach Ard Pipe Band MSR drum score
http://www.tulachard.org/tapbrep.html#cc
MSR drum score by drum sergeant Colum Lundt.

The Ardle Collection of Scottish Drum Beatings
http://www.strathearn.com/ardle/ardle_coll.htm
Five samples from Billy McCombie's drum book, available in both RealAudio and .wav sound formats.

Drumming Mad
http://www.DrummingMad.net
This European site is frequented by people all around the world for scores, tuition, and latest pipe band drumming news.

DEALERS - DRUMS, STICKS and ACCESSORIES

Pearl Drums
http://www.pearldrum.com/pipeband.asp
549 Metroplex Drive
Nashville, Tennessee, 37211, USA
615-833-4477

Andante Percussion
http://www.andantedrums.co.uk
97 Bannfield Road
Ballyroney, Banbridge, Co.Down
Northern Ireland, BT32 5JQ
+44 18206 30932
+44 18206 31303 fax
sales@andantedrums.co.uk

Premier Percussion
http://www.premier-percussion.com/pipeband_index.asp

Premier Percussion Limited
Blaby Road
Wigston, Leicestershire
LE18 4DF, UK
0116 2 773121
0116 2 776627 fax

Premier Percussion USA, Inc.
915 North Lenola Road
Moorestown, New Jersey, 08057, USA
(609) 231-8825
(609) 231-8829 fax

The Band Room
http://www.bandroom.co.uk/
A worldwide supplier of bagpipes and pipe band equipment
172-174 West Regent Street
Glasgow G2 4RL
SCOTLAND
+44 (0)141 248 5885
+44 (0)141 248 2989 fax
info@bandroom.co.uk

Hugh Cameron's Drumming Studio
90 Fairview Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario
N2H 3G1, CANADA
(519) 576-6847

The Drum Pad
48 W. Palatine Road
Palatine, Illinois, 60067, USA
1-888-523-1158 (toll free)

McIntosh Highland Supplies
http://www.mcintosh.bc.ca
6563 Sunwood Drive
North Delta, British Columbia V4E 3K9
CANADA
(604) 594-3253
(604) 594-8653 FAX
info@mcintosh.bc.ca

Cancussion
Box 293
Kincardine, Ontario
N2Z 2Y7, CANADA
(519) 396-8595

Mark Humphrey's Highland Drumming Supplies
http://www.highlanddrums.com
149 Robin St.
North Versailles, Pennsylvania, 15137, USA
(412) 824-7816
MHumph6557@aol.com

Robert Meade Drumming Supplies
http://www.bobmeade.com/
c/o Bob Meade
6601 Carroll Highlands Road
Eldersburg, Maryland, 21784, USA
(410) 781-7515
rmstixnstuff@yahoo.com

C & C Drum Shop
8133 N. Oak Trfwy.
Kansas City, Missouri, 64118, USA
(816) 468-1919
AND
3416 S.W. 6th Street
Topeka, Kansas, 66606, USA
(913) 235-3786

Drunken Scotsman Drum Co.
1061 Tiffany Drive
Eagan, Minnesota, 55123-1877, USA
Phone/FAX
(612) 452-6194

Lone Star Percussion
10611 Control Place
Dallas, Texas, 75238, USA
(214) 340-0835
(214) 340-0861 fax

M & G Competition Bass Sticks
Mike Boisvert
655 Vanier Rd.
Espanola, Ontario
P5E 1N4, CANADA
(705) 869-4641
mandg@ican.net

Woodshed Percussion
http://www.woodshedpercussion.com
Features pipe band accessories such as practice pads, scorebooks, earplugs, drums slings, bass drum art, and more
Woodshed Percussion Concepts, Inc.
12934 Milligan Avenue, First Floor
Cleveland, OH 44135-3536, USA
(216) 650-3378
Email@WoodshedPercussion.com

Vic Firth, Inc.
65 Commerce Way
Dedham, Massachussetts, 02026, USA
(Highlander Pipe Band Series drum sticks)

Mulligan & MacHendry
http://www.drumsplus.com/
Bangor Mall
6 Frost Drive
Bangor, Maine, 04401, USA
(207) 942-0402
(207) 990-3032 fax
mullmac@javanet.com

Frazier Drumsticks
Lisa Frazier
14109 Bauer Dr.
Rockville, Maryland, 20853, USA
(301) 871-7324
Stixmaker@aol.com

REMO Customer Service
Marching Division
Carol Carpenter
1-800-525-5134 x5662
(drum heads)

Dickison's Celtic Imports
http://www.celticbagpipes.com/drums.htm
Duane Dickison
28200 Logan Road
Rock Falls, Illinois, 61071, USA
(815) 622-6276
fires@essex1.com

Global Percussion
http://www.global-percussion.com
10 Dirkala Court
Mulgrave Vic 3170, AUSTRALIA
+(61 3) 9701 1979
+(61 3) 9795 0885 fax
jandrew@global-percussion.com

Kowil Group
http://www.kowil.com/catalogue.php?cid=401
KOWIL Group Of Inds.
P. O. Box 772
Sialkot 51310, PAKISTAN
+92-052-36126-71 phone
+92-052-36124-87 fax
info@kowil.com

Henderson Imports, Ltd.
http://www.bagpipes-henderson.com
P.O. Box 1591
Acme, Michigan, 49610-1591, USA
(616) 938-7032
(616) 938-7038 fax
james@bagpipes-henderson.com

Scott's Highland Services Ltd.
http://www.scottshighland.com/drum/drum.htm
1464 Beckworth Avenue
London, Ontario
N5V 2K7, CANADA
(519) 453-0892
(519) 453-6303 fax

Highland Heritage, Ltd.
http://www.highlandheritage.com
1601 Concord Pike
Suite 69
Independence Mall
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, USA
(302) 656-4007
(302) 656-4008 fax
mailto:info@highlandheritage.com

George's Music
G7098 Guelph Crescent
Prince George, B.C.
V2N 3P, CANADA
(250) 964-7035 Fax/Message

Celtic Connection
http://www.ihscelti.com
810 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22401, USA
(540) 373-4110
(540) 898-8542 fax
ihscelti@erols.com

Flint Percussion
http://www.flintpercussion.com
flintpercussion@hotmail.co.uk
Features the "Super HTS - a free-floating, high tension, light weight marching drum" and a cool page on "History of the Marching Snare Drum".

The Pipe Box
27 Hollybank Place
Aberdeen
AB1 2XR, SCOTLAND
01224-581815
(01224-581810 fax
AND
47a Main Street
Bothwell
G71 8ER, SCOTLAND
01698-852528
01698-852458

Sandy Keith Highland Supplies
1984 Valley Drive
Dunedin, Florida 34698, USA
(727) 733-5384 (ask for Doug White)
(727) 734-5430 fax
whitehts@hotmail.com

Lark in the Morning
http://www.larkinam.com
(Legato pipe band drums listed at bottom of http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/Drums)
P.O .Box 799
Fort Bragg, California, 95437, USA
(707) 964-5569
(707) 964-1979 fax
larkinam@larkinam.com
(415) 922-HARP Musique Shoppe San Francisco
(707) 937-LARK Musique Shoppe Mendocino
(206) 623-3440 Musique Shoppe Seattle

The Scottish Lion (Canada)
http://www.scottishlion.ca
95 Akerley Blvd., Unit K
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1R7
(800) 956-5458 toll free from Canada
(800) 355-7268 toll free from USA
(902) 468-9347

The Scottish Lion (USA)
http://www.scottishlion.com
PO Box 5002-191
North Conway, New Hampshire
USA 03860
(800) 956-5458 toll free from Canada
(800) 355-7268 toll free from USA

Wally's Music
607 Washington Street
Oregon City, Oregon, 97045, USA
(503) 656-5323

Everything Scottish, Ltd.
P.O. Box 398
Linville, North Carolina, 28646, USA
(704) 733-1399

Scottish Mercantile
107 North Tower
Suite 11
Centralia, Washington, 98531, USA
1-800-736-5152
(360) 736-5152
(360) 736-6099 fax

The Piper's Cove
212 Kearny Avenue
P.O. Box 444
Kearny, New Jersey, USA, 07032
1-800-447-1737 (orders only)
(201) 998-3695
(201) 403-0841 fax

Skyeboat Co.
2217 77th Ave. S.E.
Mercer Island, Washington, 98040-2122, USA
(206) 232-0758
(206) 230-9021

Kenneth J. Macleod
25924 Cypress Street
Lomita, California, 90717, USA
(310) 539-6264
(310) 539-2972 fax

Burnett's & Struth
http://www.burnetts-struth.com/drums.html
Scottish Regalia Ltd.
61 Patterson Road
Barrie, Ontario
L4N 3V9, CANADA
(705) 728-3232
(705) 728-2962 fax

The British Shop
2940 Delaware Ave.
Kenmore, New York,14217, USA
(716) 874-6064
(716) 874-0524

Macleod Highland Supplies
136 Bridgegate
Glasgow
G1 5HZ, SCOTLAND
041-553-1513
041-552-0795 fax

Gillanders & McLeod Ltd.
103 Whitehouse Loan
Edinburgh
EH9 1AT, SCOTLAND
0131-447-8863 phone
0131-452-8709 fax

The Badgesman
P.O. Box 1227
Sialkot 51310, PAKISTAN
(0-432) 86921
(92-432) 588417 fax

United Industrial Corp.
M.A. Mirza
22/46 College Road
Sialkot-51310, PAKISTAN
0092-432-586410
0092-432-551141-580736 fax
uic@gjr.paknet.com.pk

DRUMMING INSTRUCTION

Tom Foote School of Drumming
http://home.rochester.rr.com/pbdrum/
Tom Foote
10 Parkmere Road
Rochester, NY USA 14617
585-342-8935
mailto:tfoote@rochester.rr.com

The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
http://www.bagpiping.org/
1414 Pennsylvania Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15233, USA
(412) 323-2707
(412) 323-1817 fax
info@bagpiping.org

Ohio Scottish Arts School
http://www.ohioscottishartsschool.org/
(440) 835-4157

James J. Coyne Memorial School of Piping and Drumming
http://bagpipetutor.com/

N.A.P.S. School of Piping and Drumming
P.O. Box 298
Tangent, Oregon, 97389, USA
(503) 928-5072

The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
http://www.collegeofpiping.com
619 Water Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
C1N 4H8, CANADA
1-877-BAGPIPE (toll free)
(902) 436-5377
(902) 436-4930 fax
college@piping.pe.ca

Highland Musical Arts Summer School of Piping & Drumming
http://www.hmaschool.org/

Coeur d'Alene Summer School of Piping and Drumming
http://www.csspd.com

Steve Roy - teaching and performing in the Seattle area
http://steveroydrumming.com
Lynnwood, WA
(206) 218 7026
steve@steveroydrumming.com

DRUM NOTATION

DrumNote PRO
http://www.drumnotepro.com
DrumNote PRO is a software package designed specifically for pipe band drumming. (Windows)

DrumScriobh
http://www.ceolmor-software.com/
DrumScriobh is a drum score writing application for Windows.

Finale
http://www.codamusic.com
Finale is a full-featured score writing application for both Mac and Windows.

Lime
http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/
Lime is music notation software for both Mac and Windows.

Sibelius
http://www.sibelius.com/
Sibelius is a full-featured music notation application for both Mac and Windows.

Opus Technology by VivaldiStudio
http://www.allegroassai.com/
Music notation software ranging from basic to professional.