Morrison Reelpipes (4K) | Set Up & Play Test 

Thank you Matt, it's an interesting instrument but there is relatively little online information about them yet, so this is a very useful addition to the online reference base.

Thank You Teacher. Just when I think there's nothing New you come out with this. I've been playing the Great Pipes since 1996. Two years ago I got a set of Border Pipes which I Love. I talked to my Mom a couple weeks ago. She is 84 now and her father was a piper in the Black Watch in WWI. She didn't know there was anything but the Highland Bagpipes. Now You bring out the Reel Pipes. WOW. You have surprised me again. What a Beautiful, Beautiful Sound. I have to get s set now. I thought my life was over with my heart attack in 2018. I could not even play one song on my bagpipes. But over the last 4 years I have been getting stronger and can play three songs now. I am So Grateful for your tutorial on RU-vid. You are the Best Teacher Ever. God Bless.

I like that the reel chanter has a brighter tone than say…my A Smallpipes.

just bought my first practice chanter.. cant wait to start all this

I'm sure glad you made that point about moving the bridle on the EZdrone reeds..... That applies to EZdrones for the highland pipes, too. (Can't really go into how many times I've messed THAT up.....)

Thanks! Very nice and detailed! Your fellow Canadian 😀(living in France).

DO HAVE CDS I LISTEN TO CDS I REMEMBER MY DAD AND MY GOLDEN EMT AND CLASSMATE IRISH LEVEL WHEN I HEAR AMAZING GRACE PLAYED BY BAGPIPE THAT SONG ALONE BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES

Tried these and found them fiendishly hard to get on with. Stuck with my McCullum GHBs! (Borrowed them from Mum).

"Filter" as in band-pass filter ? I think what they mean is, basically the chamber is a Helmholtz resonator that filters out unwanted frequencies and sweetens the overall final sound.

Very insightful, especially the tips (9+ min) on tuning pipe drones with EZ reeds. Maybe you have the beginnings of that drone tuning video you've been planning to do!

Thanks, I’ve been considering getting these. Im thinking of the mouth blown version so I can pickup on them quicker. I’ve tried bellows and they’re do awkward.

Great Video Matt 🍀🍀🍀🍀👍👍👍👍👍

Woop .... 😂. Love your channel man

I'm thinking of getting a second chanter to tune to bagpipe temperament. I usually keep my Reelpipes closer to equal temperament.

Hi ​Matt. I know you said you have more sets of bellows driven pipes and these reel pipes made it to the back of the closet. Is that because you find your other bellows driven pipes more fun/pleasing to play? Out of what you own, which set of bellows driven pipes do you find more fun/pleasing to play?

Tape the chanter to the chanter stock. Got it.

They sound like a highland and Uilleann sound mixed.

Hey, Matt, I recently ordered a border pipe chanter. I have a set of McCallum folk pipes and they're absolutely amazing, but my only complaint is that when I play with other instruments, I get drowned out if I'm not right next to a microphone, and even then, it's hard to hear. I found out that the border pipe chanter will work with the folk pipes, but my big question is, will it fix the problem of being drowned out by other instruments? I'd appreciate whatever you have to say about it.

Do you know what the wire bridal on the reed is for exactly? I made the mistake of messing with the original mcCallum reeds in the beginning and could never get the chanter balanced, especially with C and low A. I ended up getting a Chris Apps borderpipe reed and haven't looked back since. Seemed to be way more stable and less fragile than any other reeds I had

Is there a small amp the you would recommend to pair with the Blair chanter??

Hi. Do you have a hide bag on this set?

Oh Canada 😂