I’m fortunate to have recieved 6 reeds when I bought my practice set, from a great guy named Kenneth McNicholls (Scotland). What adjustments can I do to them other than moving the bridle up and down? I’m sure I can get a couple to play just right. One of them played perfectly until I turned on our heating this winter. It seems like a battle between volume and high octave reachibility when I move the bridle even a millimter up or down. Any other ideas?
this is tough,volume verses playability,and second octave,i can suggest playing the reed in. there sometimes a break in period.
If possible, find someone who knows their way around reeds. It’s pretty easy to tweak a reed ever so slightly. Equally easy to break a reed while doing that little tweaking.
I find if everything is slightly sharp or flat, I move the entire reed out or in the chanter.
Allow the reeds ample time to settle into their new environment and don’t forget that this is the time of the year where all reeds will be prone to complaining… unless you have the good fortune to live in a very reed friendly state. 
Buy an el-cheapo humidifier, put it in the room you expect to practice the most and then leave your pipes in that room over the winter. I’d wait until the weather is more suited to good reed behavior before risking any adjustment or big time tweaking… more good reeds meet their maker that way.
What you should do, is locate a piper/reedmaker in your general local and have them build you a winter reed, speciffically designed to play in drier, colder weather.
In fact, I know of at least one piper who lives on Rhode Island that might be willing to help you out, but I won’t make promises for him. Maybe, if he is reading this and willing to help you out, he could get in touch with you. Sorry for being so cryptic, but I want to respect this fella’s privacy.