Bagpipe chanter

[EagleJCS]

For personal performances, I play a Naill blackwood with a McPhee reed. It's got good tone and balances well with the drones (Crisler rosewoods w/ Kinnaird reeds). It also required very little tape to tune (just a little on the F).

For band, I think it's a McCallum Mark I (poly) w/ a Warnock broad. A little bolder/brassier tone (for band purposes it works well).

[Snowbear]

So far, so good. Every one prefers different chanters.

My band plays Shepherd Poly chanter, but I really want a blackwood chanter for when I am playing solo. It is just that I am a bit new to bagpipes, and my PM says a blackwood is a bad idea since it breaks too easy. Hence I turn to you guys to raise my knowledge about what I would expect to like when I try different chanters in the summer.