BAGPIPES FAO is your direct link to the PHILADELPHIA PA region’s Top Pipers .
Our experienced, seasoned professionals are handpicked and auditioned before being sent out to
serve our clients. They are truly the cream of the crop!

Our Stats:

* Over 3700 personalized Weddings, Funerals + Events since 1997

* 10 County coverage: Philly, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Camden, Burlington, Mercer, Gloucester, NewCastle

* Our Pipers have honed their skills before actual AUDIENCES, not simply piping to impress other pipers.

We are first and foremost, expert musical PERFORMERS at YOUR service.

* Authentic attire. No inexperienced pretenders here.

* Solo pipers. Piper/Drummer combos. 5 or 6 pc Pipe Bands. UILLEANN pipes.

* References: WE FEEL CONFIDENT in saying that you may phone any regional Funeral Director we've worked with for an excellent recommendation.

* WE RESPECT our Client's Privacy: it's YOUR Wedding, YOUR loved one's Funeral, YOUR Party: NOT our Audition.
We do not invite prosepctive clients to other client's events.

*Our services for your event are confirmed by a signed, written contract.

*Providing top-shelf, no-nonsense, affordable Piping for YOUR event is ALL we do, 24/7.

Policy Change: *IMPORTANT*!
BagpipesFAO pipers, will not, under any circumstances, perform copyrighted material for which an expressed, written performance right and/or copyright clearance has not been previously obtained from the copyright holder and/or publisher of said material. If the original artist(s) of the tune you have in mind is still alive, odds are it's under copyright. Sorry, No exceptions!


BAGPIPES FAO: YOUR BEST VALUE FOR QUALITY:

IF YOURE PAYING LESS; YOURE GETTING LESS!


BAGPIPES FAO does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion,
affiliation, gender, gender orientation ,or age. We are pleased to say that all of our customers
receive the same prompt, courteous attention no matter what their Piping needs. We make
every effort to ensure that you will be satisfied with our service. It has been our pleasure to
bring affordable, quality Piping to Weddings throughout the region, and our sincere wish to serve
you also with the very best available in Pipers.


CHARLIE RUTAN- BAGPIPES
Piped for ex-Pres.Bush, Rod Stewart, + H.M. Queen Noor, Regent of Jordan.
Seen on NBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, FOX, in print, and TV Finland!
Listed in 2003+2005 ‘Who’s Who in America’, 2004+2006 ‘Who’s Who in the World’.
Founder of ‘BagpipesFAO’ &‘Zampognari Filadelfia’
Finest in traditional European piping of Scotland, Ireland, Italy and France
Has Piped for Luxury yachts &Lords; Concerts & Country clubs; Battleships & Bishops;
Generals &Graduations, Admirals& Airlines, Knights & Nightclubs, Royalty, (and royalties)
Symphony Orchestras & Secret Societies; Whisky makers and Wal-Mart.
Studied Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland 1998. PCPA Summa cum laude in Music,1992.
Member of ASCAP, AFM, EUSPBA, Circolo Dell Zampogna
Piper at Weddings, Funerals + Events for men and women from all walks of life.
Text, audio, video, images copyright C Rutan 2007-2021