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That was the best 90 seconds or so I've spent today. Thanks!

Superb!

Smashing tune! I wonder what the story behind it is...

Interesting!

Nice guruji

This is a huge help!

Sharp things are awesome!

Keep Some Secret’s .

And now you're really to play the most annoying sound in the world 😂👍🏽

Where can I buy one to try

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In your opinion, what’s the best sounding AND most air efficient set of synthetic drone reeds on the market?

Sleep dearie sleep bagpipe tune!!!

12 reeds price???

It's wonderful, Chris!! Very nice!!

Very nice, Chris!

Will the Cane Practice Chanter Reed on your website work on a McCallum Blackwood Practice Chanter in A? Thanks!🙂✌️🎻😎

How would you sharpen a flat note?

Is that a set of bagpipes?

Very nice. It’s good to know that other people are waxing their pipes. I am not familiar with Johnson’s paste wax but it seems like a great product. I use renaissance wax with great results. I guess I’ll have to try this product.

These vids are gold. Legend

Very informative! might give it a shot on some older reeds. One question though, why are you syncing to the Piobaireachd HG?

Hi Chris, i just order a medium reed of yours, for the first time. At how much inch of water are these, more or less?

Great playing Chris !! It's always nice hearing you on those Great sounding pipes!!

Thanks! 🎻🙂😎

So real 😭

Seems like every reed I get has a sharp high g :)

Cold fingers is something I struggled with playing bagpipes. Still haven’t found a decent solution.

I’ve been trying to remember what tune that is at the start of your videos. What is it please?

How cant i order from malaysia😊

I have a McCallum a 440 chanter. By the time you get it balanced, the whole thing pitches quite sharp as well. The trick I used as per Patrick McLaren recommendation, was to stick some wires inside up all of the holes and therefore making the bore smaller. I actually used pieces of old guitar string That I didn't care about, and that flattened the whole thing quite well. That, coupled with a sound supreme chanter reed, and a 440 drone reads made by Terry Ackland, allowed me to have a set of pipes in this configuration.

I love mine

What's on the drone stocks? Look like insulating cuffs?

Armalites can get cold too

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I've got pinched nerves in my neck, and it's made doublings impossible. It's heartbreaking as I spent years perfecting them, but I've found switching to the lowland and border style a life saver. I still feel sad at having to let doublings go, but it's fun exploring this new style.

Oh my Lord! If this works in Colorado’s high altitude with low humidity, that would be a MASSIVE change for us. We normally are taped to 50% of the high G, and the chirp is problematic. If this fixes it, I would be gobsmacked.

I use rare synthetic reeds with my Irish Bagpipe(Uilleann Pipe) chanter a lot. I find that I can pitch bend as I know techniques that I bring over from vessel flute playing and combining it with my Irish Bagpipe playing..so, I have never had to use tape on my chanters, although with traditional cane reeds for Uilleann Pipes, sometimes requires it for the hig d noted on the under side of the chanter

Would be nice to hear what a Cain practice chanter reed sounds like… just saying…

That's pretty much the process I was taught when I first learned to play. However for the novice it can be sometime difficult to know when the notes are too flat or sharp. More recently I have been using the Braw Bagpipe tuner which really speeds up yhe process of tuneing the chanter (and the drones )and I would recommend this to the novice as it will also help them to tune their ears.

what would it sound like after an hour in the band circle? Interesting!

It's always interesting to see the master reed maker at work 😊

Hi, Chris! Thanks for your help and your explanation!

Chris, it's very good! Thanks for your video!

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Are you cutting off/shortening the end to make it easier?

Very clever device

I’ve ordered mine but received an email on the wait time…sounds like you’re very busy.

How much for one of those mate?

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I enjoyed this video. Very helpful. I’m curious what your thoughts are on shaving highland pipe reeds down to accommodate border pipes. That could be an interesting experiment.