I have a fairly old Peter Hunter chanter, which, in the time I have had it, has never been going quite as well as I suspected it could. The recent discussion of his pipes has led me to start working on getting it going again. My question is; is there a good way of taking the scuffs and scratches out of blackwood? None of them are super deep, so I dont think any drastic measures are nessecary. Also, the top mount is cracked all the way through, top to bottom, and I was wondering what the best way to fix that would be. Finally, if anyone has any information regarding Hunter’s reeds, or any special tricks I might employ while reeding this particular chanter, I would greatly appriciate the input.
thanks,
Jack Devereux
hello jdevereux, have you got the old reed in your P.Hunter
chanter?.please say yes, if not,you’ll have to make a hand rolled staple, 
reedman,
I have a staple that was with the chanterwhich I assume was made by Hunter. It is hand rolled and quite a bit shorter that most other staples.
Hello once again jdevereux, 
the staple length for a Hunter Concert D is 54mm, tapered from half down the staple length,with a eye hieght of 2.0mm, is that P.Hunter reed O.K, or has it been trimmed to much,or is it damaged?, is there any reason why the old reed should’nt work,with some adjustment. 
There isn’t a reed, just a staple. It is 48mm, with an eye hight of3mm.
thanks,
Jack Devereux