Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
Well, I would not do so.If I had served in a Highland regiment, or I was in a pipe band, then alright.
Indeed, if you play with a band, then you wear what the band wears. Though I still wear the kilt I bought for a now-defunct band - it's in the Nova Scotia tartan, so I don't feel guilty about it. Coming from a family of pipers, and having played with a variety of bands, we probably have 12-15 kilts in the house, in a variety of tartans... none of which are of our clan affiliation. :P I could probably outfit an entire family of Robertsons, Macleans of Duart, or MacNeils (of Barra).
I plan to fix that, by the by, since I'm not playing so much anymore, and want my clan tartan for more general wear to Scottish events. Christmas is coming. 
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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