Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Ha! At 1:20 notice the Pipe Sergeant has to adjust his chanter and strike in the pipes again. I'm assuming he had to take his chanter out of the pipes to adjust the reed right before they played, and put his chanter back in rotated wrongly. It happens!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKE-AAAIQdU
I'm sure he noticed it right away, but interesting how he waits until the end of the first part to adjust it. Maybe because there’s a little “down time” at the 8th bar? Didn’t seem to phase him one bit - he jumps right back in as if nothing happened.

Also, the piper to his right loses his blow pipe but gets it back no problem. Probably no grommets or hose clamps on his bag.

Quote Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc View Post
How about the bearskin variety. Surely THEY must be pretty heavy…
I know this is an apples and oranges comparison, but a friend of mine has a full bearskin rug. Black bear from Nor Cal that was about 300 lbs (136 kg) on the hoof. That rug is very heavy. I know it's the full hide plus the skull, modeling clay, paws, claws, artificial eyes and teeth, felt backing, etc. but still... it's heavy. I think if even a fraction of a hide is used for a hat it would weigh a lot, much more than 1.5 lbs which was mentioned earlier.

I tried on a feather bonnet one time and it weighed nothing. Like OCR said it's just a headband, chin strap, lightweight wire cage and the feathers.