Very cool.

Best of luck! It's been my experience in my 8 years with the Louisville Pipe Band that roughly half of the new adult piping students will drop out within the first 5 weeks. (The band offers free lessons to anyone wanting to learn. The only fee is for the practice chanter and instruction book.) Adults just have a lot going on in their lives, and sticking to a practice routine is difficult if they're not committed to learning. We've had 8-week beginners classes that start with 20 people finish the course with just 3. Of those, 2 went on to get a set of pipes and learn to blow a tune on them. One stayed on to join the band.

For those that are really serious about wanting to learn, I would suggest finding private tuition in addition to whatever group lessons take place. Laying out a modest fee for instruction tends to improve the retention rate, plus you get personal, immediate feedback from your instructor.

Again, best of luck!