Frugal Corner Pipes (review)

[Riverkilt]

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]

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]

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