Hi!
I have a spare chanter and bellows that I would like to turn into a practice set and I’m just about to order a bag from Jackie.
Would appreciate any input on the different models.
Cheers!
/MarcusR
Hi
I have his Rowsome-type model on my pipes.
It’s quite big and rectangular.
It’s good.
He generally leaves the neck on the long side so you can experiment chopping a bit off.
Hope that helps
A
Hi,
I think, this is a very important topic. I also looked for Jackie Boyce’ bags.
But how is the quality of this bags compared to the bags, you get with your set by the UP-maker? Are they very different/better?
Best Regards,
Marcel
Who knows what bag your pipe-maker supplied. Some use Jackie’s bags and some don’t. They are hand stitched from good leather and are of the highest quality.
I use Jackie’s bags and never had a problem, always airtight and very well made.
I use the Cillian O’Briain (“pig under the arm” 
) style and it’s great. I can be lazy and flop backward in my chair every now and again because it doesn’t stick out behind me. Ditto on the neck length; it’s crazy-long. But I ran a shoulder strap under the mainstock, and now I’m used to it. Anyway, I’ve had it for 4 years of pretty hard playing and it’s still good and airtight.
Hi and thanks for the input!
Good to hear that everyone seems to be very satisfied with Mr. Boyce’s work. 
I was wondering about the different styles as I got the impression from the short descriptions and the references to the different makers, that the Ginsberg and Wooff styles were suited for swan-neck chanter tops while the Standard and Rowsome would be for straight air inlet chanter tops? The O’Briain style got me a bit confused as the neck shape looks very curved on the image? I tried to find some clips or images of pipers that play Cillians pipes but they all seem to use standard type of bags. I guess I must have missed yours Cathy 
. I’m still leaning towards to give it a try.
/M
His workmanship is very good and the bags are high quality.
I have to disagree about the above post re neck length. I ordered a bag for my Wooff Bb set and specifically requested a longer neck as it was for said set. Neck length was about the same as my concert pitch set. I’ll be using this bag as a replacement for CP set when the time comes and I know it will do the job superbly. Unfortunately back to square 1 with the Bb set…
Usually the Boyce bags in my patern have a ‘back’ length of 29", which should be enough for a Bb chanter with a swanneck feed… but I would order a longer neck ( say 31") to be double sure, especially if it was for a tall person.
This patern was copied from two original 19th Century bags that were attached to my Harrington set and the John Wayland Egan Bb set.