These sound about 100 times better than I expected them to hahaha. I mean still nothing like a proper blackwood and cane setup, but far better than it has any right to be for 3d printed plastic, and a plastic chanter reed no less... I agree that your D is sharp, also perhaps your low A. I'd be curious to see how these handle the heat in Portland. I have to imagine they'll reach stratospheric pitches but perhaps not! My band was in Mt Vernon last weekend and the heat and humidity made for a challenging day. We usually pitch around 482, 483, but hit a whopping 489 that day. Same chanter as you but with cane reeds, and all of us are of course using wood drones.
@@marcusrange5509 am I the first person you have commented on a RUclips. Video too about the tuning of their bagpipe chanter or is this something you make a habit of?
@@abbaralph2011 I wouldn't say I make a habit of it, no, haha. Not on youtube anyway. These pipes being something of a novelty I was just curious and offering my opinion that they sounded better than I expected them too, pretty good even! Generally plastic pipes are seen as being not very good, especially plastic chanter reeds, but your setup defies that notion. Apologies if my original comment came off as a little rude. That was certainly not my intent. As for mentioning the tuning, I just know that if my pipes were a bit out to the ears of other pipers, I'd like to be told as much. I appreciate the opinions of other pipers about my tuning and playing, even if I may disagree with them. Anyhow, happy piping and good luck in Portland! :)
@@marcusrange5509 I’m glad they are favorable to you, that’s why I put them on here to show people what they are capable of. Maybe some day we will meet and you can hear them in person
Sounds pretty good except for a slightly sharpish D. BTW, maybe you just haven't checked, but hopefully you got the Italian piping dictionary from my PM on the Dunsire forums.
Wow, surprisingly good for plastic pipes! As a piper and a 3d printer, I'm pretty curious about these. Some kind of fancy material for the drones or just PLA? I'm inclined to either print myself a set or pop those synthetic reeds into some beginner blackwood pipes I have. Are you playing Ezee's or some kind of plastic reed in the drones? And which brand of reed is that in the chanter? I wonder if I could rig it up in Bb. I noticed that before you put the 3d printed drones in, when you were just using the plastic chanter reed, the sound was a bit better and more ever- are the drone reeds take more air now? You were blowing the top hand well with the old drones, but it's cutting out a lot with the new ones (and hi G is sometimes underblown enough to go sharp) just an observation!
@@magnusstone hello, they are pla. The drones reeds are hitching high resonance plastic drone reeds. I think I could probably get them to b flat if I felt inclined. I don’t think the drones are taking more air, probably just tired that day when playing. Thanks for listening! If you print a set would love to see and hear!
Gotta say, I'm pretty impressed by these. They sound quite nice.
@@Squidtoken they are a joy to play
These sound about 100 times better than I expected them to hahaha. I mean still nothing like a proper blackwood and cane setup, but far better than it has any right to be for 3d printed plastic, and a plastic chanter reed no less...
I agree that your D is sharp, also perhaps your low A.
I'd be curious to see how these handle the heat in Portland. I have to imagine they'll reach stratospheric pitches but perhaps not! My band was in Mt Vernon last weekend and the heat and humidity made for a challenging day. We usually pitch around 482, 483, but hit a whopping 489 that day. Same chanter as you but with cane reeds, and all of us are of course using wood drones.
@@marcusrange5509 am I the first person you have commented on a RUclips. Video too about the tuning of their bagpipe chanter or is this something you make a habit of?
@@abbaralph2011 I wouldn't say I make a habit of it, no, haha. Not on youtube anyway. These pipes being something of a novelty I was just curious and offering my opinion that they sounded better than I expected them too, pretty good even! Generally plastic pipes are seen as being not very good, especially plastic chanter reeds, but your setup defies that notion. Apologies if my original comment came off as a little rude. That was certainly not my intent. As for mentioning the tuning, I just know that if my pipes were a bit out to the ears of other pipers, I'd like to be told as much. I appreciate the opinions of other pipers about my tuning and playing, even if I may disagree with them. Anyhow, happy piping and good luck in Portland! :)
@@marcusrange5509 I’m glad they are favorable to you, that’s why I put them on here to show people what they are capable of. Maybe some day we will meet and you can hear them in person
@@abbaralph2011 I'd totally enjoy that! If you compete in the PNW I'm sure we'll cross paths eventually!
@@marcusrange5509 well I don’t do too much of that anymore but I will also be at the McMinnville Oregon games coming up. What band do you play with?
Sounds pretty good except for a slightly sharpish D. BTW, maybe you just haven't checked, but hopefully you got the Italian piping dictionary from my PM on the Dunsire forums.
Wow, surprisingly good for plastic pipes! As a piper and a 3d printer, I'm pretty curious about these. Some kind of fancy material for the drones or just PLA? I'm inclined to either print myself a set or pop those synthetic reeds into some beginner blackwood pipes I have. Are you playing Ezee's or some kind of plastic reed in the drones? And which brand of reed is that in the chanter? I wonder if I could rig it up in Bb.
I noticed that before you put the 3d printed drones in, when you were just using the plastic chanter reed, the sound was a bit better and more ever- are the drone reeds take more air now? You were blowing the top hand well with the old drones, but it's cutting out a lot with the new ones (and hi G is sometimes underblown enough to go sharp) just an observation!
@@magnusstone hello, they are pla. The drones reeds are hitching high resonance plastic drone reeds. I think I could probably get them to b flat if I felt inclined. I don’t think the drones are taking more air, probably just tired that day when playing. Thanks for listening! If you print a set would love to see and hear!