I bought this set on this very forum almost exactly ten years ago, when it was described as being 1-2 years old. Due to various hilarious issues with a now retired pipemaker, I ended up with two practice sets and this one went on long term loan to a friend in Glasgow. It’s now come back and I’m selling it to part-finance a Hunter half set.
The chanter has just been reeded by Alan Burton. The chanter itself is a fairly standard Howard stick - no keys or keyblocks (as Howard post-mounts his keys). Cracking hard D and a solid, dependable tone. The words “good for a beginner” are not necessarily a compliment but this is certainly a dependable setup and worked well for me when I was first learning.
Bag and bellows are sound - there is a very slight loss of air from the bellows, which I suspect could be fixed by fiddling with the valve, but the set takes vastly less air than the bellows can supply so I have never felt the inclination.
Image link below - apologies for the ridiculously large image size - I’m not particularly competent with image editing programs! I haven’t yet made a recording but let me know if you want one.