Recently I have been fiddling about making drone reeds for my 1/2 set in “D” and found that with one of the tenor reeds I could get the tenor drone to tune to "A.“Would this be an acceptable practice to play the tenor in " A” and the bari and bass in "D’ or is this a nono.
Some pipers have a 4th drone fitted to their pipes which plays a baritone A.
For tunes in D, the A drone should sound fine as it’s a natural fifth above, I don’t see why a tenor or baritone A would make a difference. Playing tunes in G might not be suitable for the A drone.
Hello Mike,
Are you using an electronic tuner or a tuning fork?
some times my Korg tuner gets confused and thinks my G is a C for instance.
Is your drone made to play D or is it made to play A?
Hello Jamie,I use a Korg tuner and the reed is definitely "A "as I have checked it with my chanter.My drone is made to play "D "because when I put my correct drone reed in it will play “D”.Are you going to Celtfest piping school in July?As far as I know I will be going.Mike.
my Gallagher D and B sets both have that option. you wouldn’t want it on much, but for some tunes it’s quite nice.
Mick O’Brien has an A drone on his D set (which is a Rowesome set with a Froment chanter… Alain put the A drone on)
Boyd