About ten years ago I was gifted with a chanter that looks the same as yours. I couldn't get it to do anything other than sound like a duck being killed slowly. I resolved to get a "real" chanter and on a road trip stopped in at a bagpipe shop ready to spend up to $300 for quality. The owner took my cheapo chanter and played it beautifully...he handed it back to me and said it was fine. He lost an easy sale. I figure I just don't have the talent. Now I'm thinkin' maybe a quality chanter would have helped. I do have only 75% lung capacity after years of smoking, working with asbestos (pre-OSHA), and underground mining.

The dream remains though...

Can't hurt to trade up - its only money....