A Very Nice Thing Happened to Me the Other Day!

**Tarheel** · 29th March 17, 02:52 PM

To this lady, your tunes are a random act of kindness, that led to the note being a random act of kindness in return. There is hope in the world after all.

**48HofC** · 29th March 17, 04:37 PM

You're lucky to get such a nice compliment in a downtown location. Back in the 90's our pipe band was practising in the Toronto downtown core at moss park armouries. It was too warm to stay inside so we went out to the parking lot to play some tunes. Didn't go down well, within 10 minutes the Police showed up with noise complaints because the sound was bouncing off the high rises and disturbing the local populace.....

**CamelCody** · 3rd April 17, 09:53 PM

I'm a firefighter and a grade 5 piper. Next to our fire station is a county sheriffs office. I was playing 'let Erin remember' at the fire station the other day and a sheriff's deputy came out of the office and yelled 'hey!'
I stopped and said 'yeh?' And he said 'sounds good man!'
It's always nice when someone enjoys the sound, even if you're not the best piper out there

**Blupiper** · 10th April 17, 03:40 PM

As another late in life beginner on the pipes, I would say I fall in the great middle of the Grade IV pipers (maybe upper, toward Grade III on better days.) Compliments from unexpected quarters are always welcome and lead to some of the best conversations and meetings. I have worked funerals, birthdays, weddings and church services and people are always polite and appreciative. The pipes are hard and everyone who plays likes to be well received. People always have questions. My favorite (because I spend so much time on tuning) is: "you can tune those?" When everything is right, there's nothing like it; for me playing or for the audience.

JMB