I see this one come up a lot:
… sigh…
but her posture, her technique, they are so beautiful! I must have them…perhaps not. No, definately not, what was I thinking?
“Friends, don’t let this happen to you. This post was written by a sufferer of WPND, (Want Pipes Now Disease.) It is a symptom of pipers who have long waiting times before receiving their new instruments. It cause them to see any and all pipes, even those not well designed and develop a desire for them. The only known treatment is a community of pipers to smack us upside the head and remind us of the importance of a quality instrument. (Mr. moderator, how a bout a smack-upside-the-head smiley for our forum?) Only friends can stop friends from buying crappy pipes. That is all”
Whoa!
"Current bid: US $539.00 "
Could this be the end of our beloved adopted grandmotherly pipe mascot?
Or do “they” use her pic for multiple sales…
If you think that’s scary, have a look at this:
This pipe does have a plastic reed included.
Why’s that a good thing?
Well, for starters, no matter what climate you live in - it’s not going to give you trouble - cane reeds can’t do that.
Don’t even touch it!
Beginners shouldn’t be worrying about their reeds until they’ve had a number of years of playing under their belts - this pipe does that and more.
Discuss…
Mukade
Blah blah blah blah blah… That is a good example of what not to spend one’s coppers upon.
Looks like a GHB or SSP bag.
The pipe plays cleanly from D (including a good “Hard D”) all the way up to the second octave B. It should have a C# & D in the second octave somewhere - but I haven’t found the time to play around to find those notes, as they’re extremely rare anyways. I’ll tell you that the other inexpensive bagpipes on here DEFINITELY don’t play the two octaves they advertise. I have a sound sample for anyone who wants it
Anyone asked for that sound sample 
/MarcusR
I think the sentence I’ve made red applies to the whole set…
What about the connector tube? Does it go around the back of the player?!
Fair to the seller for at least “playing” the actual thing, I was leaning towards that the sound file provided might be from someone else’s playing, on real pipes…
/MarcusR