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Feb. 5, 2018 12:44 p.m. ET

Is there such a thing as too many bagpipes?

There’s a nagging suspicion, even among bagpipers, that the answer might be yes.

Top-grade bagpipe bands used to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, with 10 or 12 pipers. Now bands routinely march into the competition circle with 24 or even 27 pipers piping, and many...

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