Desert Dancer no need for appologies I am an Irishman and I play Scotish Smallpipes - these pipes are a relatively new fangled contraption although they have a history going back to the 15th Century, the current version being born in the 1960's. They are from North of the Border and not to be confused with Border pipes which (depending on which side of the border you come from) are also known as Lowland pipes or Northumbrian Half Longs (I wonder what the Northumbrian Longs were ???)