Cold Spring Fire Department Pipes and Drums

Cold Spring is a village in the town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 1,986 at the 2020 census. It borders the smaller village of Nelsonville and the hamlets of Garrison and North Highlands

Seth Gallagher, a Uilleann Pipe maker is the Pipe Major of this new band.

About

Before taking up the Uilleann pipes I played Highland pipes, first with the Boston Fire Department Pipe Band and then with the Worcester Kiltie Bandedf7tt. After learning of the existence of Planxty and the Bothy Band, however, I realized I’d found the instrument for me: the Uilleann Pipes.

While living in Boston I worked at the Von Huene Workshop in Brookline, making baroque and renaissance recorders and flutes. Under the guidance of master instrument maker Friedrich Von Huene I learned all aspects of instrument making, from toolmaking to hand-turning to wood-finishing. After almost four years there, I moved to New York to start my own business making Uilleann Pipes and now Wooden Flutes as well.

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