Practice sets like Daye sets, how well/bad do they sound?.
Are these sets only to learn the technic or can you possibly get a nice
sound of them too?
Practice set is more a designation of the number of elements than of quality. Bag, chanter, bellows. A practice set can have a top of the range chanter, if you take a bit of care picking your maker.
Ok, but one does’t want to spend a load of money as a beginner. Off course there are reliable
makers , but they have a common ‘problem’ especially for beginners; sometimes you have
to wait several years .
I mentioned the Daye sets for 2 reasons; 1 they are not very expensive ,2 you don’t have
to wait very long. The same can be said about f.ex. about Rogge sets.
I have no other experience with any set other than the Daye penny chanter set.
That set was put togethers with well used Daye components.
Once the reed was adjusted by a local teacher, the set was rock solid and always in tune.
While not pretty, it was affordable and dependable.
They don’t seem to linger on the second hand market.
I have a penny chanter and it sounds great. I also have pipes made by other well known makers. The only thing I would tell you is this. If I were to do it all over again and I was looking for a concert D, I would spend the money and time and buy a practice set from Kirk Lynch. I own one of his chanters and it the best playing chanter ive ever had. It stays in tune and it goes were you want it to go. I know there are other great makers, but this is my experience.
Best advice would be to get along to a pipers gathering/tional to see and hear different makes of chanter. For a beginner on the instrument general advice is to pick If possible a maker within fairly easy reach
Have sent you a PM with suggestions
John
Daye chanters sound fine.
It has a brass bore so you’re not going to get the nice wood tones that you get from ebony, rosewood, etc, but they’re not bad at all.
And as low price options go, they sound better than plastic. In my opinion.
There are a few clips of them on youtube. In a lot of these clips the players are beginners so you won’t hear the full potential of the chanters but it’ll give you an idea.
Tommy
Private messages are great , thanks!. But i can t open them and nobody can tell me why..
Or is it just my stupidity 
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Great advices from all of you so far!.
You guys have to take in account im not living in a country with Irish musicteachers/sellers
of Irish instruments.
The New User policy can tell you why. Note the 24-48 hours time delay. 
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That can’t be entirely true. There is a Dutch pipers club and an annual Dutch tionól. And I’m sure that Evertjan or Mr. Gumby here can point you to other resources in The Netherlands.
I know quite a few Dutch players, and there are at least two makers, Mark Van Daal and Evert’jan Hart. If i were you, I’d go and see what they do, they can’t be very far (Mark is in Waalwijk), the Netherlands is quite a small country. If you live more down south, there are a few Flemish pipers as well. plus, as mentioned before, the Dutch tionol ; note there’s also one in Belgium, in Liège. Think twice and meet people before buying anything, especially far from where you are. Good luck.