Why no cheap pipes

**auld argonian** · 25th August 06, 08:58 AM

Found this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILxCPyWnUk

....since the question "what can I expect if I buy one of those $125 sets of bagpipes" comes up so often.

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**Kilted KT** · 25th August 06, 09:01 AM

cheap pipes...as if pipers don't get enough crap from people who don't understand pipes to start with, someone went ahead and used cheap pipes? Would be easier to just bring a moose in heat and have kids chase the moose around. It would probably sound the same.

**mddock58** · 25th August 06, 09:02 AM

His face was getting as red as the Bag cover!!

Very Funny!

**Colin** · 25th August 06, 09:05 AM

Those are the $40 kid's pipes though guys. While I agree a $125 set of pipes won't be good, the ones this guy is playing are a joke. No air goes into the bag, and you play mouth piece alone. http://larkinthemorning.com/product....27s+Bagpipe_E_

Trust me, I bought a set for my son one Christmas and later returned them they sucked so bad. My son (3 at the time) wouldn't even touch them.

Of course on looking again, I could be wrong and it could be these ones (still no air in the bag) http://larkinthemorning.com/product....arlor+Pipes_E_

**Raphael** · 25th August 06, 09:14 AM

There is no cheap pipe because of supplies and demand.

**Kilted Taper** · 25th August 06, 09:14 AM

My ears hurt!
That guy is totally not a piper....

**auld argonian** · 25th August 06, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Colin

Those are the $40 kid's pipes though guys. While I agree a $125 set of pipes won't be good, the ones this guy is playing are a joke. No air goes into the bag, and you play mouth piece alone.

I don't know...there seems to be a point where he takes his mouth off the mouthpiece and the sound keeps going...that would point to the air going through the bag. I often see some sets listed as "half-size"...perhaps these were one of those as opposed to the kids set or the full-size el cheap-o pipes. Whatever the case, it IS pretty funny.

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**Southern Breeze** · 25th August 06, 09:39 AM

Now that's bad. Thanks for the laugh.

**pdcorlis** · 25th August 06, 09:46 AM

I feel for this poor guy - but I can't stop laughing!

**Iolaus** · 25th August 06, 09:50 AM

The sound is out of sync with the video by at least three seconds, and I think he is filling the bag, but the delay makes it hard to correlate his movements with the tone fluctuations. It's evident that he's not a piper; he didn't even find the thumb hole 'til the last few seconds!