Hey Pipers,
you probably remember my topic where I had several problems with a practice Set bought from Ebay. The seller (Tradschool) and Michael Vignoles were as kind as possible to get me playing a nice set of pipes. I sent the practice set to Michael Vignoles and he was extremly friendly and honest. He kept me updated about the progress and the communication with him was really pleasant.
He told me that he could give me a brand new chanter (the first chanter was his elder design) or make me a reed for the old one. Well, I was very happy to get one of his blocked chanters and I am thankful to be the player of such a fine chanter.
He also remade the bellows to his newest standart.
I got the pipes set last Thursday and it played very nice out of the box. The reed is superb and the chanter plays so sweet and easy. The sound is marvellous!
Well, I love my Vignoles practice Set and I can say that I’m a very satisfied customer of Michael who is an excellent business partner and a brilliant instrument maker. I also bought a great Bodhran and an Irish spoon of him which are as great as the pipes.
But I advise everyone who thinks about buying a set of pipes from Michael to buy it directly from Michael himself.
Here’s a picture of my beauty and I will upload a video of me playing “her” soon.
