Murray Reeds - Hand made bagpipe, drone and chanter reeds from Scotland.
Murray Reeds supply high quality, hand crafted professional bagpipe, chanter and drone reeds. Cane and bamboo pipe reeds and also the vibratone synthetic drone reed available.
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Making Scottish small pipes from CPVC and brass tubing.
Over the winter of 1995-1996, i built a set of Scottish small pipes using
CPVC plumbing pipe and brass tubing. They work and sound just fine, and many
people have been asking for the plans and measurements. Here are some
step-by-step "how i did it" guides to my Scottish small pipe plans.
Make small-pipe & other reeds from yogurt containers.
The following article pertains primarily to making reeds for
non-Highland pipes (Scottish small-pipes, Northumbrian pipes etc)
with the exception that this sort of reed is ideally suited to the
type of practice chanter used in learning Highland piping.
Reeds of this sort are very easy and quick to make and do work quite
nicely for their intended purpose. After only a day or so of
learning the technique, it now takes me only a bit over 15 minutes,
start to finish, to produce a Scottish small-pipe chanter reed.
This site offers a unique guide to the art of uilleann pipes reedmaking. It also give details of where I can be contacted if you want your pipes repaired or restored or reeded by a professional.
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