Pipers, a totally bizarre question

[JS Sanders]

Alan,
I've been piping for a fair number of years and to the level that it's more than an avocation, it has become my livelihood.

It is generally believed amongst pipers that 1 in 10 individuals who purchases a practice chanter ever become fully fledged pipers. My experience is more like 1 in 15.

Simply put, if you don't have a fire-in-the-belly to learn the noble instrument, you won't be able to talk yourself into it. At best you'll waste a hundred bucks, your time, and someone else's. You must want it and want it mighty bad.

I love Klezmer and have several CD's I routinely listen to on road trips. If I could be in a klez band, the Bb clarinet would be my instrument of choice.

Slainte,
steve