Scottish Smallpipes

These have become the pipes of choice for highland pipers looking for a second instrument to play. Fingered the same as highland pipes, Scottish Smallpipes are mellower, with more buzz -- a joy to play for hours at a time.

Our Smallpipe chanters use cane reeds designed to be robust while still being very comfortable to play. The drones come with synthetic reeds as standard, but can also be reeded with traditional cane.

We find our A-D combination sets, with four drones and two chanters, very useful out in the wide piping world. For examples of the wide range of possibilties available with the A/D set, please listen to some sound samples here. We also make sets in one key with one chanter and three drones.

 

 

Top photo is a set of Bois De Rose Smallpipes with Water Buffalo Horn Mounts.

 

The Bottom Photo is a comparison between African Blackwood (left) and Bois De Rose (right).