Ebay-Uilleann Bagpipe Blackwood 3 Keyed Chanter

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Does not mention maker or country of origin so would assume they are far away to the east ?

Yeah, yeah … bet they are! :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes, Pakistan is country of origin.

From their site

Some feedback comments from previous customers:

many thanks my friends - all i have to do now is spend the rest of life learning…Buyer…

belerecords Aug-09-04 01:40 Item# 3736649459

GREAT SELLER!!! EXCELLENT SERVICE!!! A++++++++++++++…Buyer…

hwledford Jul-19-04 12:35 item# 3733470577

Chanter is just as described. Great craftmanship. Look forward to trading again…Buyer…

gibby59 Aug-11-04 09:50 item# 3711833782

The bagpipe starter set looks great. I can’t wait to get started…Buyer…

gibby59 Aug-11-04 09:42 item# 2563211585

All from '04 and who is gibby59 - have they joined the forum ?

They are probably still trying to get a sound out of them.

Ah- they’re a quiet set then

I bought one of these chanters - for the price what do you have to lose?. Added a chanter top by CJ Dixon to get a complete stick.

The chanter I got was well turned and I had no complaints about it. The problems are with the reeds supplied with it, they are sub standard, I got it to work using a plastic reed I got from CJ Dixon and was perfectly happy with it from then on untill I took the reed out to give it to somebody to try, and stripped the reed apart in the process.
Uilliam rebuilt the reed for me, it took him approx 5 mins, but the funny thing is that the chanter now plays in tune with itself in C# :smiley: . I am perfectly happy with that as where else am I going to get a C# chanter for under £200.

David