Frugal Corner Pipes (review)

**Kilted-Marine** · 25th May 07, 07:03 PM

Since January we have sold and shipped close to 450 kilts, i could not tell you how many Sporrans, flashes and others things. We have sold and shipped MAYBE 30 bagpipes. It surprises me that there is more talk about the pipes then the Kilts. Some people would like to have an inexpensive set, and we would like to be the ones that provide them. When folks stop buying them we will stop selling them.

ANYWAY-here is the competition... Write an "EBAY BAGPIPE AD" for us and the best AD will win:
Their choice of a Stock Tartan Kilt, Custom made to size in Heavy weight 16 oz weight with matching flashes
Tartans include - Royal Stewart, Hunting Stewart, Black Watch, Pride of Scotland, Scottish National, Gordon, Dress Gordon, Dress MacPherson, Buchanan Modern, Clark / Clergy, Cameron, Solid Black, MacKenzie, and several others
You can send your AD to
Sales@thefrugalcorner.com subject Line: XMARK CONTEST

see website for more information http://www.thefrugalcorner.com/xmarks.htm

**Riverkilt** · 28th May 07, 08:29 PM

Boy, I'm confused and disuaded. I love the sound of the pipes. Must be in my blood eh?

Some years ago my then girlfriend bought me a practice chanter for Christmas through one of those Scottish things jobber's catalog. Guessing for the price it was made in Pakistan.

I was thrilled, until I found I couldn't make it work...lung power, bad reed, something else...So I resolved to find a "quality" practice chanter and went to Thompson's in Flagstaff - fully intent on laying out a few hundred dollars. The owner asked to see my chanter. He took it and played it like a dream and said there's nothing wrong with it....so...must be me....I'm thinking about one of those electric ones since I live in a fourplex...no intent on playing the fancy ones. Just wanna make the music.

But I wouldn't know a good reed from a bad reed from any other bad or good parts.

Ron

**Kilted-Marine** · 28th May 07, 09:20 PM

Ron

My Dad lives up on teh Mira river in Cape Breton. A fisherman up there just caught a 14.8 pound Brown Trout.

And in other news, I am getting my dad a Keith Kilt and i am still trying to get in an order of Cape Breton Tartan

**Riverkilt** · 29th May 07, 07:10 AM

My great great grandfather, who came over with his father in the clearances married a Mary Gillis on CBI. Have been looking for the Gillis tartan (no don't want the Gillies though they're "the same") There's a university up there who has it but can't find it....

Drifting off the thread, sorry....but point for me is if I did try some pipes I'd be hard pressed to pick a tartan for the bag...so many meaningful ones. But if I can't play the pc what's the point?

Ron