Quote Originally Posted by yodofizzy View Post
Sorry if this is a thread hijack!
You mentioned bagpipes being made out of lathe turned ash. In ghe summer, I have access to a lathe as well as large quantities of ash. Would it be possiblebfor me to make my own set of pipes? Not GHBs, but an older, quiter type of bagpipes, probably cornish doublepipes (I fell in love with these pipes after researching them when another member (though I forget who :P) posted about them)
I'm sure they wouldn't be perfect, but I would be thrilled if I could make something that I could get a noise out of and could relatively make the pitch lower by covering ip a hole or two. Is this possible?
Would this be possible?
Sorry for the "threadjack" and for the long post.
Thanks!
It's possible, but I don't know how to do it. You need a lot more than a lathe. That will help you turn the drones...You need to bore the drones make the bag, season the bag, make the reeds, the chanter, etc...

It would be quite a project...