…or as the kind and wise Crocodile Dundee would say…
actually it’s become quite the shop mascot. I call him Bob…short for Robert Reed.
… ouch…
And it would be a mighty chanter that would take THAT reed! Hell of a stretch for the fingers I’d guess…
-g 
… ummmmm, so is it a rolled staple, or tubing?
My vote would be for just drilling some finger holes in the staple. 
David
Don’t forget to add keys!!!
…Shirly this must be a photoshop job. 
t
I dont think so… It’s not the first monster reed made, but one of the nicest…
Davey does it give a nice crow
..TK… nope, no photoshop…it’s the reel deal, and stop calling me Shirley
crows like a whoopie cushion!
I was making it to use as a “model” for a reedmaking how-to…but half-way through the process decided it was lame idea…then I thought that the C&F board is/was getting so stale, I thought I’d liven it up a bit…I was thinking..hmm..what sort of creative things could we do with this thing?
Maybe it could become some sort of chain letter..sending it from piper to piper to piper around the world, each time it gets sent we could add a photo of the piper and the reed somewhere? hmmm…rather ambitious I know..but still! Or I could just make it into a desk lamp?! HEh! There’s a father’s day gift for you!
Any other good ideas for Robert Reed?
(and Joe…do* remember that my Lathe is named Larry, my Mill is named Bill and my Drillpress is named Bruce…Bruce Drillpress…again..named after a very WISE and SHARP EYED character…)
Ouch, ouch and double ouch…
I believe this has already been done (or are you following in the master’s footsteps? 
).
djm
sure that’s not a medieval bellows..or perhaps a butt spanking device of some sort..
Was an industrial sized vacuum required to make it crow?!
…and when you get through playing it in your chanter, you can use it to propel your canoe…
Hey Davey, check your PMs.
Mark