Bagpipes made from PVC pipe, duct tape, and cling film.

They don't sound half bad, either!

http://youtu.be/4cg8c27Q8lg

Quite a pleasant surprise!

Sound rather like Uilleann pipes.

Sort of like fireside pipes or smallpipes to my ear. Really innovative!

Very interesting. Not a bad sound. Good find, BREN. :cool:

Thank you, gents. I thought that the rabble might get a kick out of it.

:D

Agreed. They actually sound very pleasant.

Nice find Bren !! Now that IS something completely different and sounded pretty good , made my day ! :)

I happen to head up the Facilities Dept where I work ( construction & bldg. maintenance ) and this gives me some ideas .

My guys are pretty good with PVC pipe and duct tape , however , they are going to be cussing you and me both tomorrow when I tell them about their new project assignment ! :lol:

Cheers , Mike

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Originally Posted by MacGumerait

Nice find Bren !! Now that IS something completely different and sounded pretty good , made my day ! :)

I happen to head up the Facilities Dept where I work ( construction & bldg. maintenance ) and this gives me some ideas .

My guys are pretty good with PVC pipe and duct tape , however , they are going to be cussing you and me both tomorrow when I tell them about their new project assignment ! :lol:

Cheers , Mike

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They will be spitting amd sputtering! Lol!
:D

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They will be spitting amd sputtering! Lol!
:D

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Indeed they will !

I'm going to show them your vid and then tell them ... okay boys , get out the duct tape and pipe ... by the end of the day we need to have a set bagpipes that sound like the vid ! :)

Surprisingly good.

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing, Bren.

Cheers,

Very interesting set of affordable small pipes. I followed his link for instructions on how to make a set but they didn't address reeds or how to properly drill the chanter to get the right notes. I guess they are assuming you're already a piper?

Very cool project.

Nathan, it uses cling film type plastic as a membrane (think of a kazzoo) instead of reeds.

I was thinking about making a set for myself to record with since I usually only do overdubs with my chanter anyway.

I was thinking of using my practice chanter.

As a fellow musician, I think that you can agree, it's not the instrument. It's the player.
;-)
With that said, my piping shall stay confined to Logic Pro and Pro Tools. Haha.

Mike:
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Pics or it didn't happen! Lol.

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Originally Posted by MacGumerait

Nice find Bren !! Now that IS something completely different and sounded pretty good , made my day ! :)

I happen to head up the Facilities Dept where I work ( construction & bldg. maintenance ) and this gives me some ideas .

My guys are pretty good with PVC pipe and duct tape , however , they are going to be cussing you and me both tomorrow when I tell them about their new project assignment ! :lol:

Cheers , Mike

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Mike, I will be waiting with a pipers breath to see the results of your tasking to your crew. :wink:

Bren, great find mate and thanks for putting it up here, amazing what can be done with a little thought and experimentation. Cheers

Actually not new, because pipemaker David Daye has been making uilleann pipes out of PVC pipe for many years

http://www.daye1.com/pennychanter.html

His chanters perform very well, easily comparable to wood chanters by other makers costing many times more.

Mike, did your guys make you some pvc pipes?

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Mike, did your guys make you some pvc pipes?

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Bren , they got started but had to stop as we got busy .

May take a day or two , but I doubt that I will end up with anything that is playable . :)

I'm thinking that I will end up with a " Red Green " version of pvc pipes . :)

Probably be a fun pic !

When I told them the pvc pipes needed to have a reed sound .... one guy replied " you mean this thing needs to sound like Lou Reed ? " :)


Cheers , Mike

Lol! That is too funny, my friend!
:D

Best of luck either way. If it even remotely quacks then it is a certified duck.