The sound seems better suited for an ancient graveyard instead of floating through the office towers and happy hours of Clayton.
Bagpipe music, with its squeal and drone, never fails to grab attention. But it really stands out when the piper is very tall, very bald and standing alone on Forsyth Boulevard squeezing a $3,000 bag of air.
Meet Brian Zinanni, 40, a Clayton firefighter and the driving force behind the St. Louis Firefighters Highland Guard.
“When I came to St. Louis five years ago to take this job, I asked about a firefighters’ pipe band,” said Zinanni, who is single and lives in Webster Groves. “Most big-city departments have one…
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