Bagpipes and Accessories

The services of Mitchell's Bagpipe Centre, part of Mitchell Kilt Hire operations, are provided by Bryan Mitchell. Bryan is an active piper with 20+ years experience as a Pipe-Major in local pipe bands. In all, 45+ years piping experience with pipe bands, solo piping and commercial bagpiping. Practical experience and innovation (make it if possible, or convenient, time permitting) combined with a desire to see you get instruments you'll like to play. This drives a passion to help you get the best from bagpiping. As a bagpiper you get service and support from someone experienced, interested and concerned, not just a retail sales person providing a box of bits and pieces. If you want the best out of your Wallace bagpipes, Shepherd bagpipes, MacPherson bagpipes, Warmac bagpipes or Dunbar bagpipes, or accessories from any of these bagpipe makers, or indeed from your current set of bagpipes, just drop in by appointment.

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This page is actively updated. It is here to inform and indicate the range of items and services available.
Prices are NOT available online just now.
"How to" notes are not available yet. You can scroll down to find additional details

Sales are made by personal contact. Call in (by appointment), phone (07) 843 4121 or e-mail me and we start from there.
Payments by plastic are not possible, so this page does not shove you into a "shopping or sales cart" mode.
Purchases can be made using cash, personal cheque or direct bank deposit.

All prices for imported items (especially larger items like bagpipes), are very dependant on the $NZ exchange rate, freight and customs clearancing costs.
These are the main reasons we do not process overseas purchasing enquiries. It's silly to drag something right to this side of the world (to NZ) and then send it back to to the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore our whole focus is on our own New Zealand market. However, if you're not in NZ, you might be coming here for a visit, and you might find something interesting during a browse of these pages. Some items shown may need to be procured depending on the stock situation.

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Bagpipes

Available from Mitchell Kilt Hire in Hamilton. Sets of Wallace and D.MacPherson bagpipes are always in stock.

Bagpipe Bags Top

Ross synthetic Bags (Aust. Made)	Canister bags	Zipper bags	Sealed bags	The NEW Ross synthetic suede bags are now available ex-stock.
Leather Bags (NZ Made)	Std. Bovine Hide	'Roo Hide	.	Bagpipes supplied by us either have Bannatyne synthetic bags (if pre-assembled in Scotland) or Ross synthetic bags (if setup here in NZ from imported sticks).
How to Make Your own.

Bagpipe Covers Top

Plain	Tartan	Corduroy	Velveteen
Special			How to Make Your own.

Bagpipe Cords Top

Plain

Tartan

Silken

How to Make Your own.

Chanter Reeds Top

Wilson (NZ Made)

Johnston (Canadian)

Warnock/Williams (Nn.I)

Shepherd (Scots)

Drone Reeds Top

Shepherd (Scots)

R12 ...........................SM90

Crozier (Aust.)

Cane.................. Carbon............ Omega

Cane

How to Make Your own.

Bagpipe Accessories

Chanters Top

Shepherd (Poly & ABW)

Warnock/Williams (Poly & ABW)

Wallace (Poly & ABW)

MacPherson (ABW)

Dunbar (Poly ~ Elite & ABW)

Blowpipes Top

Airstream

Local NZ Crafted

Blowpipe & Stock (Delrin/Poly with Water trap)

How to adjust & improve your existing blowpipe.

Blowpipe Valves Top

Lil' Mac

Moose

Merrick

Local NZ Crafted

Making your own.

Water Traps Top

Airstream

Local NZ Crafted

Moose

How to make your own

Cases & carry Bags Top

Free Plans for crafting your own traditional wooden pipe box

Local NZ Crafted

Bagpiper.com rigid/soft cases

Soft Aircraft carry-on bags

Dry Stocks Top

Imported

Local NZ Crafted

How to make your own

Drone valves Top

Hyland In-line valves

Shepherd Tone Enhancers

Ash Plugs

Local NZ Crafted

Tuners & Metronomes Top

Korg CA-30 Chromatic

We have several Korg models in stock

Maintenance Accessories

Brushes & Pull Throughs & Bore Oil Top

Ross Brush set	Local NZ Crafted		Tips on how to make your own cleaning kit
Pull thoughs	Bore Oil ~ Almond Oil

Hemp & Wax Top

Yellow Unwaxed

Yellow Waxed

Black Waxed

Beeswax cakes

Tips on how to use

Bag & Zipper Treatments Top

Gannaway's

Zipper lube n seal

Tips on how to make your own

Slim Hose clips Top

The narrow 5mm wide s/s circlips for fastening stocks into synthetic bag stocks

Cord Ties Top

Nylon strip fasteners - opaque, red or black (depending on availability of colours)

Blowpipe Mouthpieces Top

Airstream

Wallace

Warmac

Items for Learners

Practice Chanters Top

Shepherd ABW	Shepherd ABW Longspan	Shepherd Child size (Delrin/Poly)	Shepherd Std. (Delrin/Poly)
ABW Models	Dunbar (Delrin)	Warmac Range of models	Wallace Range of models
See also P/chanters	See also P/chanters	See also P/chanters	See also P/chanters

Books Top

4-IN-1 Tutor and Tune Book (NZ)
Now available only in pdf format on CD.

P/Mjr Bill Robertson's Books (NZ)

Tunes / Bagpipe Music Software Top

Wanting what tune?

Electric Pipes (Support this NZ authored software product)

Practice Chanter Reeds Top

Warnock/Williams ~ Red Blades

Economy ~ White/opaque Blade

Opaque blade/plastic shrink body on metal staple

Parts for Practice Chanters Top

Mouth Piece

Top section

Chanter

Sole

Request a Price List - Available ONLY within NZ.

General Hire & Attire

Mitchell Kilt Hire are also Kilt Makers, Sporran Makers, and Belt Makers, as well as having Kilt Hire and Bagpipe & Accessories sales. We do servicing and repair work to kilts, sporrans, belts & straps, and highland dress accessories. We produce our own kilt pins, buckles for waist belts and kilt straps, buttons for jackets and various thistle badges and other findings for attaching to sporrans to enhance their appearance.

Bagpipe Hire

Bagpipe Hire Top

Available now! Dunbar P1 Henderson pattern bagpipes for short term and long term hire.
Ready to play. Cords, plain velveteen cover, leather bag,
drone reeds, chanter reed. Provided in a sturdy pipe case.
Hire rates, terms and insurance requirements are pending.
Rent to buy options possible.
Indicate your interest.

Kilt Hire Top

Mitchell Kilt Hire has a wide range of kilts/tartans available for hire for Weddings and other
occasions or events. Visit our Kilt Hire & Wedding information pages.
We have Scottish, Irish and Welsh attire available for hire.

Bagpiping Attire Top

Mitchell Kilt Hire is able to provide short, medium and in some cases long term gear hire for pipers (ask)
who are starting their solo piping career but still lack all or some of the necessary highland dress.
If you want a distinctive sporran ask about our custom made sporrans (ask); Also belts, buckles
and inexpensive ghillie brogue conversion options (ask).

MKH Showroom
Service for New Zealand customers.

Solo piping attire.

MKH make kilts, belts, sporrans, and can supply all your other accessories, including Ghillie Brogue modification to normal brogued shoes. Spare laces, tassels.
Repairs and reconditioning of belts, sporrans, kilts.

Bagpipes and accessories.
Beginners - equipment, Information
Books - Music, Tutor.
Practice Chanters.
Maintenance accessories.
Reeds.

Wallace bagpipes in stock.

D. MacPherson
bagpipes in stock.

Cane pipe chanter Reeds.
Synthetic Drone reeds.
Plastic practice chanter reeds.

Shepherd ABW chanters
Warnock / Warmac
Wallace
Dunbar poly chanters.

Other bagpipe brands available also.
e.g. Piobmhor (SCOT.)
See top of page bagpipes for main brands.

For additional Products
available from us visit
Pipers Choice.
Any product listed can
be purchased from us.

Beginners & intermediate pipers.
Having trouble setting your pipes and reeds up?

Visit (by appointment) our rural but city location and have your pipes set up for you.
This can include re-tying of your bag to fit you.

Trouble with noise and neighbours?
Practise in our barn or outside in our rural setting.

ROSS
canister, zipper & sealed Bagpipe bags.

Always in stock.
Currently we have the old style
black bags and canisters (on special)
AND the new style Red bags

Come in person for your new bag. I set your bag up so the blowpipe is the correct length for you AND so that if you open your mouth, the blowpipe just sits where it should and doesn't flick out of reach. There is No need for a "broken leg" blowpipe with a ROSS BAG and no need for a mouthpiece that is too long or too short. Have your pipes properly set up for you and play with comfort.
The ROSS Canister Bag is the preferred bag option.

Benefits.

Pipe tuning consistency

Long reed life

Hygienic

Ease of maintenance

Bagpipe Tutor book and tune collection.

Mitchell Kilt Hire, Mitchell's Bagpipe Centre
237 Dixon Road, R.D.2., Hamilton 3282, New Zealand.
Ph. (07) 8434121, Fax Send a pdf file by e-mail
E-mail
Proprietor: B.E.Mitchell,

Find Us : Click Here for a Map.

Kilt Makers, Sporran Makers, Belt Makers, Bagpipe & Accessories sales, servicing and repairs. Repairs to kilts, sporrans and accessories.

Piping tuition for beginers.
Beginners kits.
BKL1: Tutor book & practise chanter,
BKL2H: Tutor book, practise chanter,
& a set of Wallace bagpipes.
BKL3P: Tutor book, practise chanter,
& a set of MacPherson bagpipes.
p.o.a.

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visit our band web-pages.
Members of all ages wanted, and made very welcome.

D. MacPherson			Visit the manufacturers web-site
R.T. Shepherd & Son			Visit the manufacturers web-site
Dunbar		Beginners - Check out the Dunbar Poly range of Pipes	Visit the manufacturers web-site
Wallace	Student Bagpipes (as sticks)		Visit the manufacturers web-site
Warnock/Warmac /Williams			Visit the manufacturers web-site

Bagpipes	Bagpipes	Chanter Reeds	Drone Reeds	Bags	Covers	Cords	Bagpipe Hire
Bagpipe Accessories	Chanters	Blowpipes	BlowpipeValves	Water Traps	Cases & Carry Bags	Dry Stocks	Drone Valves
Maintenance Accessories	Brushes	Hemp	Bag Treatments	Slim Hoseclips	Cord Ties	Blowpipe Mouthpieces	Tuners and Metronomes
Learners	Practice Chanters	Books	Tunes / Music Software	Practice Chanter reeds	Parts for Practice Chanters	Bagpiping Attire	Kilt Hire Services