Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

I rely on your content and that of a few other creators to tide me over until I can locate someone with a pulse who can teach piping.

Chris - you should have had your right foot on that bass drum pedal (one-man band !) Most enjoyable - great set of pipes too !!

I gave up playing the pipes because of the hard reeds. I tried getting reeds from different places but every time apart from a couple of reeds around the late 1970s the "easy" reeds I bought were anything but easy. It makes me angry when people assume that beginners can't blow steady. I could blow steady within a few weeks of playing the pipes. One day a couple of years on, the pipe major gave me a loan of his pipes when mine were getting a new bag tied in and I practically only had to breathe into them rather than blow. Not only did it feel great to play without getting exhausted after a short session, but they sounded better too as I found it much easier to tune and more accurately too. Nothing good can come from struggling to blow the pipes any more than listening to a dick telling you you just need to keep blowing. You can't blow steady if you're struggling either. To hell with the pipes. I was thinking of trying to get them going again but right now, the way I'm feeling, I'd rather burn these old Laurie's to save anyone else years of frustration.

What's the name of the hornpipe??

What make of chanter ?