...so a question....probably academic...for our pipers: I have one of those cheap practice chanters...I did not BUY this piece of $#1+, it was given to me by a well meaning relative...okay...it was my mother...

...and I DO fully intend to buy a decent one sometime soon...honest...just rather spend the discretionary income on a nice kilt for the holidays right now...

...but in the meantime, just what, if anything, can I do to make this thing handle a little better? Is it because the bore is raggedy and needs to be smoothed? If I smooth it out and swab it with bore oil, will it help? I can modify this thing with no risk, so any thoughts about what to do? I get done playing my nice PVC Irish Flute and pick this thing up and the shock is mind-blowing...I have to invent "alternate fingerings" to get some of the notes to sound something other than flat. Yes...I will buy that nice Dunbar chanter next year but for now I'd like to experiment on this P.O.S.

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AA