Help! What's the best chanter for pipes + concert band

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I tend to bounce from hobby to hobby. Anything from knitting, to needlepoint, to graphic design. In the music realm, I'm a brass player in addition to...

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I use a tone protector Reed case at the moment, but it's pretty new, and I don't really have enough information to tell you if it would or wouldn't do...

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It probably won't be super often, but I can expect it would be more than once. My husband directs a band, and as I begin showing promise on the pipes...

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Hello! I've got a few connections to local concert bands, church bands, and community bands, and I've talked with some directors about possibly doing...

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Hahaha. One should always keep their time warp handy. Happy way late Canadian Thanksgiving and Happy Early American Thanksgiving. Let us all feast upon...

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I am still really early into my Bagpiping game, but I have 3. But I carry one with me almost everywhere, and I keep one in my pipe case, and I feel like...

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I think the issue is less of diameter and more of length. I believe that the millennium chanter has a longer top than the others and that additional length...

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Ok, so....I'm also a relatively wet blower, and for a while now I've been using the Falk Water trap in my pipe setup and it actually collects a TONNNNN...

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I'm going to need to hear what the "Taco Bell incident" was. Lol....

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Hey everyone! I wasn't exactly sure where to post this, so I figured this would be good enough.

I wondered who all was planning to go to...

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I get the reason behind the question, I know when I'm learning a new 2/4 March I will sometimes tap out the half beats just to make sure it's lined up...

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I've got two of the Gibson standard PCs. I love them. Holes are the same between the standard and long ones. If you're looking for affordable, with a...

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The problem with using a 3d printer is going to be getting it to seal air. It would be super easy to design and print a look-a-like blowpipe, but the...

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From the student side, my instructor is almost religious about correcting crossing sounds. She operates under the same philosophy you shared, get all...

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All of this information is so helpful. It at least gives me a direction in which to go.

The variety of looks and options make choosing a...