Swedish, Scottish, and Irish Uilleann Bagpipes - by Seth Hamon of Arlington Texas, USA
Upgrade your Scottish Smallpipes into a set of Swedish pipes. If you have a set of smallpipes in the key of "A", you can play them as a set of Swedish bagpipes by adding a Swedish bagpipe chanter, and using your current smallpipe drones !!! Both wooden and poly chanters can be added to an existing smallpipe set. If you have a set of smallpipes in "A" you can upgrade them to a dual smallpipe/Swedish bagpipe for $99. The upgrade comes with a custom fit, to your set, poly chanter and a synthetic chanter reed. The set pictured below, my new 2 drone design, uses smallpipe drones.
Listen to the Swedish chanter with smallpipe drones played by Alexandre AEBI of Switzerland. The bagpipe played is in the photo at the bottom of this page.
Pictured below - 2 drone Swedish bagpipes: The lowest drone plays A/G and the higher drone plays D/E to accompany both A and G chanters. This new design below is setup with synthetic reeds in the drones as well as the chanter. It is the most stable set of Swedish bagpipes that I have ever built. The synthetic reeds allow you to put the instrument down for days and pick it up and start playing with minimal to no tuning.
Listen to the Swedish chanter with smallpipe drones played by Alexandre AEBI of Switzerland. The bagpipe played is in the photo at the bottom of this page.
Pictured below - 2 drone Swedish bagpipes: The lowest drone plays A/G and the higher drone plays D/E to accompany both A and G chanters. This new design below is setup with synthetic reeds in the drones as well as the chanter. It is the most stable set of Swedish bagpipes that I have ever built. The synthetic reeds allow you to put the instrument down for days and pick it up and start playing with minimal to no tuning.
