Hi, I was wondering if this would be a mediocre set to start of with…
http://www.kylemusic.com/uilleann-chanter-blackwood-with-keys-p-90928.html
combined with…
http://www.kylemusic.com/uilleann-starter-set-without-chanter-p-90933.html
And when the time comes, is installation of drones and regulators easy to install yourself, or is it a job for a professional?
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Please read the FAQ…
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=14466
If a chanter is priced that low, there must be a reason. I’d recommend spending more for a set by a known maker.
By the time you are ready for drones and regs, you will likely have the skills to install them yourself.
Keep reading and learning before you part with any of your cash.
My $0.02
-g
ok, thanks a lot for the advice
Hi!
In short, buy the best chanter you can afford from a well known maker, ad drones and regs when you feel you need them and have the $$$.
If you decide to buy a second hand set, make sure you buy it from someone that actually can play the pipes,
or have someone who can, check it out for you.
The Bayley chanter for sale here on the board is a very nice and easy chanter to play, I have one just like it.
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=49684
/MarcusR
This would be a more relevant topic given that the pipes are probably made in Asia
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=34434
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
Where abouts are you located - if we knew we might be able to point you to a pipers club or someone else on the forum may live close enough to show you what you are getting into 
Stay away from that instrument. It is mass produced and not to any specific degree of quality… meaning, if you get one that actually plays in tune with itself (if it plays at all), then you have a one-off instrument that is most likely a mistake by the manufacturer.
I am with the rest here, and recommend that if you really wish tom learn the Uilleann Pipes, then you need to procure the best possible instrument you can buy. It isn’t going to be inexpensive, but it will be worth your whgile and $$$. If you decide not to pursue the pipes, then the good quality instrument can be resold at its cost to you… there a many who are looking for a good starter set.
What?!? Who the Hell wrote this stuff anyway? Stay away from this website! The people who run it quite obviously have no genuine interest in providing people with decent playable instruments. They will take your money and rush you a $134.00 stick of firewood.
As for the drones and regulators, when you have been playing on a practice set for a few years and your teacher says you’re ready for drones, then you order the drones. You can tie them in yourself if you want, but depending on how close the maker is to you, you might just want to let them do it. After you have been playing the drones and regs for another several years and you have a good number of tunes very well tucked under your belt (say at the very least 150 or so), then you can add the regulators. Again, if the maker lives within driving distance, you may just want to leave the pipes with him and he’ll take care of the rest. If not, at the very least be prepared to give the maker some very detailed measurements of the mainstock.
“Uilleann Starter Set without Chanter”
This is the funniest thing i have seen so far this year.
Edit: when you have a practise set and WANT drones or regs.. get them.
Screw everyone that says you have to wait and practise and wait and wait some more.
If you don’t have regs, you can’t practise them.., period!
I do think you should at least learn a few tunes on a chanter though.. =)
Run!!!
Though it might make a lovely lamp if you’re the handy type.
If you want an inexpensive set to test the waters that is still a very good instrument look into Uilleann Pipes of Boston.
David Daye and Pat Sky also make entry level sets that are well spoken of.
Certainly, I’d encourage you to ask here before you buy anything. A good guide is invaluable in an economic mine field like this.
Doc
Well, if you’re willing to risk bringing sudden closure to friendships, romantic liasons, and companionship with your favorite dog, then yes, by all means rush out and get the drones and regs right away.
Of course, not everyone has the degree of aspiration or the male pattern baldness necessary to be Davy Spillane. Some people want nothing more than to just play a few nice tunes in their living rooms. That’s totally fine, but you really should avoid drones and regs until you really know how to control the chanter confidently in both octaves and your knuckles aren’t going white trying to grip the thing to death. You’ll enjoy using the drones and regs a lot more if you do.
Hmmm…Ready for a third opinion?
I’d say definite Yay on the drones (they can be switched off during the very early chanter mastery phase) but would say Nay to the regs until you’re pretty serious.
I’d be interested to get some data on what others think about this. I’ll start a poll thread and see what kind of numbers we get. 
Doc
Nobody said, right away…
I also said, i advice getting some tunes going first.
Drones are pish, takes some more air, big deal!
You make it like it’s a lifethreatening experience to get regs.., sheesh..
If drones are so pish, then how come so many beginners do such a pish-poor job of playing them along with the chanter…?
If people want to get the drones & chanter all in one go, that’s fine by me, but I’m willing to bet more than 90% of them wouldn’t have the necessary patience to not start messing with the drones until after they had “a few tunes” down first…And that means they’ll likely be well on the way to developing some bad habits that’ll be hard to kick.
Just my humble opinion, anyway. Take it or leave it.
alright well thanks for all the advice guys, you were all really helpful, and does anyone happen to know the key that the uilleann bagpipes are in in the braveheart soundtrack?
D
ok, thanks