How Bagpipes are Made

[EagleJCS]

Makes me wish I had a chanter or at least a penny whistle so I could learn the basics. I am betting that translating the mechanics of keeping the bladder inflated, Drones humming, AND doing the finger work is the true challenge. I rally admire the pipers. I can drink whiskey with aplomb, but my skills end there.

If you drink enough, you can be an expert piper - at least to your own thinking!

Seriously, piping is a challenge, but if you practice enough, it becomes second nature. It took me about a year to get it all going at once without sounding like I was trying to maul a goose. BTW, chanters and penny whistles are different beasties - different finger and blowing techniques.

[beerbecue]

Actually, that segment was edited poorly....

They show practice chanter reeds in one bit, then putting the big pipes together....

Altogether not a bad segment, but more actual turning would have been better...

Like this

http://www.macphersonbagpipes.co.uk/images/drone2.wmv

http://www.macphersonbagpipes.co.uk/images/Mount3.wmv