Do you think you will have a few tunes on it by Hogmanay?
Hopefully,yes.
I dabbled with bagpipes in the late nineteen nineties and then sold my set to Hawick Scout Fellowship Pipe Band. I'd like to learn to play a few tunes properly, but it wasn't worth spending a small fortune buying a quality set of Dunbars for the modest standard of performance which I might be able to achieve.