Welcome to the Monterey Bay
Scottish Bagpipe Research Group
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Welcome to the Monterey Bay Scottish Bagpipe Research Group
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Carmel Valley — Frank Fields Conley died Saturday, October 27 after declining health surrounded by family and friends. Born December 13, 1928 in Huntington, West Virginia to Frank and Roberta Conley, he was a newspaper printer by trade and a member of the International Typographical Union. He worked for several California daily papers including the Visalia Times Delta and Monterey County Herald. He served in the Navy during WW II. Mr. Conley was a life long bagpiper and instructor whose students were medal winners, and founded the Monterey Bay Scottish Bagpipe Research Group. He was a founding member of Cross and Cockade, a society of World War I aviation historians, and a model airplane and lead soldier builder. He designed and hand painted trophy winning miniature lead soldiers. He was recognized for his knowledge of the American Civil War and Scottish history. Mr. Conley became a leader in the field of vintage and historic motorcycles as founder of the Classic and Antique Motorcycle Association. His rally and show was the predecessor of numerous vintage meets before one-make clubs proliferated. It had no peer. He laid out a logical order of show classes based on age and displacement categories that became the basis of the judging system still in use today. Mr. Conley’s authentic motorcycle restoration work was incomparable and trophy winning. He then became the world's leading supplier of Greeves motorcycle parts and staged an annual Greeves Days event each winter. Mr. Conley was competitive at shooting black powder flintlock, high caliber buffalo guns, and trap. He authored The American Single Barrel Trap Gun. He won Marksmanship Competitions in Montana at 900 yards. He greatly enjoyed fly tying and fishing with annual trips to Montana. He also raised a strain of Old English game fowl whose lineage traced to the 18th century. He was creative, self taught, inquisitive and scholarly, with a fine eye, a talented hand, and a generous heart. He was a leader among men and excelled at every undertaking. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Luana, a daughter, Lisa Dean (Robert) of Los Angeles, and grand-children Luke, Rachel, Jacob, and Joshua and great-grandchildren, Connor, Audrey, and Jonah. A scholarship fund has been established at the Balmoral School of Piping in memory of Frank Conley and contributions are welcome at the address below. George Balderose Executive Director Balmoral Schools 1414 Pennsylvania Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15233 tel 412-323-2707 |
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We are interested in making good pipers better! We'd very much like to hear from you, and we are always looking for other pipers to network with, so please join us by clicking on the "contact us" link to the left.
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COMING SOON - The MBSBRG continues it's rich tradition of research and piping excellence with their new book, "Bagpipe Tunes of the American Plains Indians". Click on the picture below for a closer look!
AVAILABLE NOW! "Pipe Major Conley's Complete Tutor for the Pakistani Bagpipe". Available NOW for purchase from the MBSBRG! If you only own ONE book on bagpipes, THIS IS THE ONE! Endorsed by numerous aficionados of this sublime instrument. Click on the picture below for ordering information! This amazine tome is NOT TO BE MISSED!
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Eric Magnus, Kip Morais, Mick Bench, and Frank Conley at the Dan Reid Memorial 2007 in San Francisco
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