Pipes for beginners in Texas

**randyrandy** · 9th May 06, 05:25 AM

Thanks Steve. Just what I need... more fun.

**highlander_Daz** · 9th May 06, 07:37 AM

Good luck with the pipes and sound advice from all -avoid the crap on Ebay -they are firewood.

**bubba** · 9th May 06, 08:07 AM

Then again, you can get REALLY cheap. http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/bagpipe.htm

**Caradoc** · 9th May 06, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by bubba

Then again, you can get REALLY cheap. http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/bagpipe.htm

It's my understanding that it's entirely possible to get clean sound from PVC.

After all, Blue Man Group has been making PVC-based instruments for a long time now.

**mrpharr** · 9th May 06, 03:37 PM

i found the perfect set of babpipes...
http://www.kilberry.com/kilberry2_122.html
how many batteries do bagpipes normally take?

**Southern Breeze** · 9th May 06, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by mrpharr

i found the perfect set of babpipes...
http://www.kilberry.com/kilberry2_122.html
how many batteries do bagpipes normally take?

**mrpharr** · 9th May 06, 04:42 PM

that's bloody brilliant!

**auld argonian** · 9th May 06, 06:03 PM

re: the plastic...that's what the Dunbar Bagpipes are made of...and one of the most interesting bits of business about that is that the chap in the Middle East - that Sgt. Farr fella - is using them in that totally inhospitable climate and they're resisting the elements.

I got an Irish Flute in D made by Doug Tipple and it's PVC with a copper joint and it's fantastic...great tone and zero maintenance.

Plastic...it's the new Blackwood.

Best

AA