When you purchase you pipes, you'll also need to purchase a case if they do not come with one. A lined padded case will help protect the ABW pipes while in trasit. Also get one large enough to put some supplies into as well. A bit of extra hemp, spare reeds, maybe a tuning aid (Korg).

Also take the time to learn how to hemp you stocks, Occasioanlly tou may need to re-hemp them. hemp is a natural material and will also break down over time, swells and shrinks with changing humidity/moisture levels and can make setting you drones interesting.

There are mechanics of the pipes as well as the sound.

But I'm just a Hack piper who plays for beer.