Complete Guide to Highland Bagpipe Reeds - Apps

 

With the skills to adjust your own reeds, you can make most reeds suit your needs, saving time and money. In this handy and easy-to-follow guide, experienced piper and reedmaker Chris Apps shares his knowledge of proper and effective reed adjustment, so you can feel more confident adjusting reed, assessing reeds, and recognizing reed issues and their solutions. The book covers pipe chanter and practice chanter reeds and has a substantial section on cane drone reeds. It also addresses the differences between molded pipe chanter reeds, and ridge/shoulder-cut reeds. 40+ pages. 2009.

 

 

Main Sections:

     Introduction

     Reed Styles & Adjustment Tools

     Selecting a Chanter Reed

     Chanter Reed Adjustment

     Practice Chanter Reeds

     Setting Up the Pipes

     Drone Setup & Adjustment

Spiral binding, so it lays flat

Compact 6" x 8.5" size

Diagrams & black-and-white illustrative photos

Troubleshooting