Fred Morrison Bellows Blackwood Smallpipes Key of A
Fred Morrison bellows blown smallpipes in key of A are precision manufactured by a team of highly skilled craftsmen at McCallum Bagpipes.
The Fred Morrison bellows blown blackwood smallpipes project a beautiful mellow tone. This set comes with imitation ivory button mounts, celtic engraved alloy ferrules. Includes the drone switch which not only makes the smallpipes easier to play while learning but also while playing with other instruments. Also included is a synthetic bag, green velvet cover. Finally, the smallpipes are reeded with Ezee drone reeds and a cane chanter reed.
Your smallpipes will be set up and tested by our professional pipers to ensure they are ready to play when you take delivery of them.
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G1 Concert B-flat Pitch Pipe Chanter
The G1 Concert B♭pitch chanter has been designed by the G1 team to provide musicians with a very rich resonating sound which blends and harmonizes with other instruments. The chanter is very flexible in terms of pitch ranging from 440 to 445 Hz with an impressive true register and comfortable hole spacing.
Now being played by many top musicians including The Red Hot Chilli Pipers .
G1 Platinum Higher Pitched Pipe Chanter
The G1 Platinum Higher Pitched Chanter has been designed and crafted to provide the highest quality sound with optimum comfort. The chanter is capable of exceeding the demands of the modern day pitch, stability and tonal quality without having oversized holes.
Now being played by many top level grade one and two bands including Inverary and District Pipe Band.
G1 Platinum Pipe Chanter
The G1 Platinum Chanter has been designed and crafted to provide the highest quality sound with optimum comfort. The chanter easily reaches the demands of the modern day pitch, stability and tonal quality without having oversized holes.
Now being played in many top bands throughout the grades.
G1 Platinum Pipe Chanter Reed
The G1 pipe chanter reed is one of the top choices amongst the top piping competitors and world’s leading pipe bands.
Hide or Sheepskin Bag Installation
An air tight pipe bag is crucial to having a steady and harmonious bagpipe. A bag that leaks makes playing the bagpipes almost impossible. Bill will ensure the bag he ties on is completely airtight. It will inspire you to play at a much more enjoyable and accomplished level. If you are a shorter player you may want stocks tied a little closer to front of bag to ensure your bag is ergonomically comfortable for you. This can be detailed in the special instruction section.
Please Note: Stocks that have a thick sludge attached may incur an extra charge. Cleaning stocks with excessive build up of seasoning and sludge can take Bill up to an extra hour to apply the bag. This will usually incur an extra charge of $50.00. It is imperative for balanced and steady tone to ensure stocks are clean when applying the bag.
Highland Bagpipe Piobaireachd Tutor Book
The Highland Bagpipe Piobaireachd Tutor is produced by The National Piping Centre in Scotland. This book is a very comprehensive tutor on learning to Piobaireachd. This tutor will teach you about the proper technique and give you a basic understanding of canntaireachd (mouth music).
It no longer comes with a CD. The tunes can now be found on The National Piping Centres website
Highland Bagpipe Tutor – Book 1
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 1 is produced by The National Piping Centre in Scotland. The “green book” is by far one of the best selling bagpipe tuition books.
This is a great starting point for those wanting to learn how to play the bagpipes. It has been the starting point for a lot of today’s great pipers.
First produced in 1952, this book by the College of Piping’s then Joint Principals Seumas MacNeill and Thomas Pearston, is by far the biggest selling book on learning to play the bagpipe ever issued, selling to date around 500,000 copies worldwide
It covers the basics that you need to know and it also includes accompanying videos to go along with the chapters in the book that can be found online on The National Piping Centre website.
Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 2
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 2 is the only maintenance manual you will ever need.
Learn how to tune, handle reeds, tie in a bag and how to strike in your pipes when playing in a band.
The book is fairly comprehensive and there are many tips that both beginners and experienced pipers will find useful.
Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 3
The Highland Bagpipe Tutor Book 3 is a natural progression from the Green Tutor Book 1.
Tutor 3 continues with more in depth practice on embellishments. It provides an introduction to the playing of competition marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes and jigs. There are also tunes for dancing and lessons on standard pieces such as Scotland the Brave and Flowers of the Forest.
With Tutor 1, Tutor 3 has all the tunes and theory necessary to pass the light music sections of the Pipe and Drumming Qualifications Board Levels 1 – 4 examinations.
Husk Pipe Chanter Reed
Husk pipe chanter reeds – balanced, bold in volume, vibrant and full blowing with excellent harmonies
Reed Strengths
Senior/Beginner – suitable for beginner, young child or senior player
Easy – great for new players
Easy/Medium-choice for solo players
Medium – great choice for bands (not overly hard, lots of volume, harmonics and extremely stable)
Kintyre Practice Chanter
The Kintyre is a new design of long practice chanter developed by Stuart and Willie McCallum.
The Kintyre practice chanter boasts a beautiful clear tone and the sound lasts much longer as a result of the innovative watertrap incorporated in the top piece. If emptied on a regualr basis, it will give hours of uninterrupted practice.
Willie Mccallum describes it as “the only long practice chanter I have played that feels like a pipe chanter”, thereby making the transition much easier. It’s unique hole design is a huge step forward in improving finger work.
Includes a practice chanter reed.