FROM REUTERS
EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Some makers of Scotland’s traditional bagpipes are feeling the squeeze of the credit crunch in the U.S. market, but have found new customers and a growing market in Asia.
A rise in demand outside of the United States is just what bagpipe makers such as Edinburgh-based Kilberry Bagpipes had hoped for as it tries to cope with the slowdown in one of its main export markets.
“I just think the whole American economy slowed a wee bit, so everybody just feels that pinch”, said Neil Manderson, owner of Kilberry Bagpipes, which sells 250-300 sets of bagpipes a year at an average price range of 600-1,000 pounds.
“We are still selling to America, but not in the same numbers that we used to. But we are finding that other countries are coming on board now and making up the shortfall.”
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