can someone tell me about these bagpipes

[Macman]

Patrick,
I went to the Higgins site and checked out the McCallum pipes. They (the A4's) are gorgeous! These are pipes that I can be happy with for a lifetime and even though they are several hundred dollars more, when I think of spreading that out over 20-30 years of use they are worth it.
Thanks!!
(Jim is now jonesing and saving!) (and practicing)

That's what I thought, too, so I bought them. I figured they were great value, and would be my first and last set of pipes.

[JimB]

That's what I thought, too, so I bought them. I figured they were great value, and would be my first and last set of pipes.

OH, I am so jealous!

[Nighthawk]

That's what I thought, too, so I bought them. I figured they were great value, and would be my first and last set of pipes.

I love this thread! Just to throw a wrench in the works here... what about those of us who are so clumsy that our families insist on plastic silverwear because we're less likely to severely impale the cats with those? People like me... who broke our first blackwood chanter almost as soon as we got it home, thereby severely hampering our ability to practice... If you are like me, and the idea of spending upwards of a grand on something that I am likely to break in a matter of weeks is horrifying, then the Dunbars look like a pretty sweet deal.

Just my thoughts on the matter. And this is the reason that I can't be talked out of my set of P1's in favor of a wood set. I'd love to have a blackwood set, but it's just not a good idea for people like me. And there are more of out there than you think. Consider that the next time you see someone running with scissors.