Pipers What d'ya blow and why?

[OC Richard]

I have a set of Brazilian Kingwood pipes made by the late Norman Angus Kyle of Alberta Canada.

Any photos of your set? I'd love to see it.

Our band, back around 1980 or so, got a set of Kyle plastic chanters. They were one of the best band chanters going at that time! They weren't like the poly chanters everyone makes today, they were very thin flexible plastic with a ribbed top to make them easier to take out of the stock.

One of the coolest piping-related things I've ever seen is the clear plastic full set made by Kyle. They were displayed at a booth at the Santa Rosa Games back around 1980. Various good pipers were taking turns playing them. You could see the cane drone reeds vibrating inside the clear stocks. The bag was clear vinyl and you could see it getting foggy inside and see the "pure water" dripping off the end of the blowstick and pooling up at the back corner of the bag. These pipes sounded fantastic.

Don't know if this is the same set, or the same maker, but it's a clear set I came across somewhere