Over the weekend I was with two of my neighbours. One owns a set of Walsh pipes and the other a set of McCallums. They were left in the back of my station wagon during a lunch break. When we returned we found:



Tuesday evening my tutor tried them out and approved them as my next step. I did get two thirds of the way through Amazing Grace before the first squawk from my playing. These are Piper's Choice smallpipes, that use Walsh practice chanter reeds for the chanter and the drones. Drones tune easily and the unit is soft to blow. My tutor recommended that I beef up the chanter reed. I have ordered a the recommended reed, and am jonesing for the anticipated sound. The chanter hole spacing is identical to my Dunbar Long practice chanter, and to my neighbours long Walsh practice chanter. Someday in the future they will grow up to be Great Highland Bagpipes.

Slainte