The Frugal Corner?

**beloitpiper** · 15th May 07, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by mddock58

Well maybe this is a challenge for Mark to have his "beginner pipes" evaluated and critiqued by one or two of the pipers we have on board here!

I woud be more than willing. wgroty would be a good person too. He plays more pipes than I do!

**haukehaien** · 15th May 07, 01:46 PM

Well maybe this is a challenge for Mark to have his "beginner pipes" evaluated and critiqued by one or two of the pipers we have on board here!

The only issue I see with this is that - in my experience (YMMV) - the major problem with Asian pipes is lack of quality control. I've seen sets that weren't awful; they had a decent drone sound and the chanters were close enough to being in tune that they could be made to work, and I've seen sets that were essentially firewood. Even if beloitpiper, wgority or one of the others were to get a set that was good, there would be no way of knowing that the next set would be good also. In general, the amount of work needed to make a set of Asian pipes sound good/be playable is far more than any savings that one gets for buying a cheaper set.

I'm not going to rant here; for rants, see http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18284 and http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=14016.