They’re supposed to sound great. I swear. Well at least compared to bagpipes. They should only cost you about $5 not including the reeds. I doubt many of you are going to rush to the hardware store to build these, since you need to be pretty familiar with the instrument beforehand. That being said: I’m sure the submitter will get some great mileage out of his pipes without the fear of damage and I do actually like bagpipe music.
[thanks Billy the impaler]
Bagpipes are pretty rough to learn. Because of the drone pipe, and the fact that the chanters must be in tune with the drone, they’re often not on a “standard” scale. Serious kudos to anyone who can master these things.
Score now I can finally rock out with Dropkick Murphys.
I love bagpipes, but i think my set are broken.
Heh. This should help :P
i desided to take him up on th Mr Yuk logo idea :P
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/LED_scorched/Mr%20Yuk%20Hackaday%20thing/mr_yuk_hackaday.png
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/LED_scorched/Mr%20Yuk%20Hackaday%20thing/mr_yuk_hackaday_ver2.png
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/LED_scorched/Mr%20Yuk%20Hackaday%20thing/mr_yuk_hackaday_ver3.png
don’t forget to put “beta” in big red letters, even though the site has been up for a long time
Gotta watch the pipes music.
Makes me want to don the garb and go after some British.
And I was born in New Jersey!
The minstrel boy to the war is gone…
(sniff)
maybe we can officially move out of “beta” status if we adopt a new logo :P
uilleann (irish) pipes are the only way to go. Highland pipes are crap compared to uilleann.
I make bagpipes myself.
I don’t know about pvc pipes, I would have tried a different plastic first, or perhaps metal tubing.
http://www3.telus.net/ereiswig/ssp_make.htm
How about the scottish or irish small pipes? These sound better anyhow
uilleann (irish) pipes are the only way to go. Highland pipes are crap compared to uilleann.