So, I just got myself a set of Gellaitry bagpipes fully mounted in boxwood. They came from Gene Mitchell coupled with a Gannaway zip bag, Ezee drone reeds, green cords, and a abw Gibson Chanter. I threw a MacLellan reed I had laying around in there and did some recording. Tuning, or the playing, isn’t great or perfect, but good enough for 20 minutes out of the shipping box! MP3’s are in chronological order going down.

Pipes with Ezee drone reeds:

Calista Anne McLaurin

David Crosbie Miller, The Battle of Waterloo, 51st Highland Division

Major Manson of Clachantrushal, Dora MacLeod, Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree

Pipes with Kinnaird drone reeds:

Rossshire Volunteers, Inverary Castle, Rejected Suitor

Mermaid and Swallow’s Tail

For comparison, you can hear a set of 1980’s Naill pipes in the exact same recording conditions with Ezee drone reeds and the same MacLellan chanter reed, though with a Colin Kyo chanter instead.

Pictures (ripped off tinypic from Gene):

Here’s my 3/4 Center drones playing Wygent A440 drone reeds coupled with an EJ Jones border/highland chanter: Alan MacPherson of Mosspark

Since my pipes are out of commission for a little bit, Bryan/Brain/Brian (however you spell it) lent me his 1980’s Naills with Ezee drone reeds. Here matched with my Colin Kyo chanter and MacLellan reed, the F# was a teeny bit flat, the bag a little big, but I managed to get a few tunes out of it:

Queen of the Rushes, Hag at the Churn, and Fraher’s Jig – irish jigs

Calista Anne McLaurin, Calista and Clark’s Playtime, Latisha McLaurin – my compositions being a waltz, hornpipe, and jig