Nighthawk -
For your own safety, I wouldn't be too keen on telling your instructor about the information you've accumulated.

A beginning piper often asks questions of established pipers. Regularly you'll hear the seemingly worn out answer, "You should ask your instructor." If you're a subscriber of the Dunsire Forums, you'll read it often.

There is a reason - and it's not always attributable to arrogance. The info may run counter to what the instructor would have you do. The instructor gets to teach as he sees proper. If you don't care for it, quit or find another.

Role reversal... How would you like to be the tutor and have a student who's learning things too early or improperly, or buys a set of pipes before he's ready to play them?

I can tell you from experience that he won't be pleased and may drop you like a cheap prom dress as a student.

For the most part you're getting the straight dope here, but exercise caution. Learning the pipes is difficult as it is, don't complicate matters.

Slainte,
steve