does anyone have any ideas on how i can make my chanter quieter. i dont want to mess with my reed because it sounds good. i just got a small studio style apartment with high ceilings, although the pipes sound awesome in my place there are very loud so i cant play them at night or else i’ll disturb the neighbor.
This very topic was discussed about 3 months ago. Do a search and you’ll find the thread.
Old joke but couldn´t resist:
A fine pipes silencer is supplied by Smith & Wesson
Well … but doesn’t that only work on the Great Highland Pipe(rs)? 
What about wrapping the chanter from windcap to bell with duct tape? (at least you wouldn’t need a firearms permit!) 
I can empathize with you stlcurtain6n5. I have two toddlers who go to sleep early and I have to leave the house for work before dawn… cuts down on practice time. David Daye is developing a penny chanter that operates at a very low pressure and volume… he’s dubbed it “apartment pipes.” But since he’s currently catching up on orders, it may be awhile before he perfects them.
Peace!
Reepicheep
Another solution instead of a “Chanter silencer” could be playing a flatset.
When you live in a flat then go flat. 
Regards
Ole
Great idea
Here is a very quiet chanter.
I had one of those, but just couldn’t seem to cover the tone holes. 
djm
Yes, the Andy Conroy model.
Wrap yourself in rockwool…
Insert some ear plugs ,the foam type that allow some sound in, as this gives the chanter a nice mellow tone !!!
RORY
ps Dont forget to give some to the neighbours ,
Mr. Uillmann’s chanter pretty much settles the old boxwood-ebony tone question, then, doesn’t it?
Someone here made a carpet lined tube that the chanter and hands could go into.
I can relate to Reepicheep. I leave for work at 5:15 AM and pick up the kids on my way back home. On Mondays they have swimming lessons, Tuesday and Thursday is soccer practice, a gym class on Wednesday and then soccer games on the weekends.
I usually take my pipes to the soccer practices and games and practice in my van.
I have been considering sound proofing the garage to some extent.
It might be cheaper and it would certainly be more fun buying a flat chanter. 
I recently got a C chanter (thanks Davey) and I think my wife’s reaction best sums it up: “Not as loud nor nearly as shrill”. It’s given me the taste for flat sets.
I do have a C chanter that recently arrived. It is very nice, but I am still trying to get my fingers to work with it. The grip is different and can’t feel the tone holes. I just need to stick with the stick.
I have told my wife the D chanter is quiet compared to my highland pipes at least. She agrees completely with that.
Morten came up with the idea, and I have made one too. It works really well, sound wise, but it’s very cumbersome. I’m thinking of trying a foam-lined bag too.
I gave up on it as well - when my wife asked: why don’t you make a soundproof practise-box in our spare room?
Allmost like a telephone booth - but with heavy insulation. I’m working on it…Ooohhh to practise in the middle of the night 
/Morten
I have been banned to the sunroom as soon as the pipes arrived.