the first set of pipes I owned were" pakistani" pipes from " mideast manufacturing corp"

for alot of pipers its not so much the price, it's the quality......historicly pakistani pipes are of (way) below what you'd concider "quality workmanship"

I paid around $300 for my set and invested about 250 more to get them playable. for what I spent,( i didnt know at the time ) I could have gotten a set of Dunbar P1's and been playing from the getgo!

I had to replace the Bag, chanter, drone reeds, and chanter reeds to get them playable, and even then I couldnt play with anyone else cause I couldnt get the drones to tune to where the other pipers were tuning.
that and the "silver" kept falling off and I had to repair it.

I dont fault anyone for getting pakistani pipes, but if they asked me before buying I would suggest a polypenco ( plastic) set for playability, and ease of maintenance..

just my .02



ok that was just wierd.....I'm home with the kids today, and their watching Mr. Rodgers neibourhood (sp) and all the sudden I hear bagpipes!!!

they were in the world of make believe and one of the puppets was playing pipes ROTFLOL what a cowinkydink

kfp