Handmade Highland bagpipes face decline as mass production takes over

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Artisan bagpipe maker Ruari Black, the last traditional bagpipe-maker who makes everything by hand from start to finish, works a bagpipe chanter in the workshop of Kilberry Bagpipes in Edinburgh. (ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)

The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in northern France on D-Day.

But the wind instrument is slowly growing silent as demand dwindles and…



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