It seems I am better off hiring a piper for loads of reasons. One is that I live in a rowhouse in a City and my neighbours would kill me if I went about practising the bagpipes.

On the other hand, should anyone have any interest in eBay bagpipes, I would suggest looking at this piece by Andrew Lenz:
http://www.bagpipejourney.com/articl...-on-ebay.shtml