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| I have been using your reeds for about 8 years and they've done me great service
I am mightily impressed with the G4 reeds. I am using one of them in the new Naill band chanter with our band at home and I find it very good.
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Hi Chris,
Just wanted to let you know that we received our order of reeds and I'm very pleased with them. Not a bad one in the batch, which I REALLY appreciate. Thanks for showing such meticulous care in your work. We'll certainly be ordering more in the future.
Jeff Schenck
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Hi Chris, I'd like to say a BIG thank for the Plug & Play Reeds I received from you,I have been struggling for some time with my piping, not any more, my piping has come back to life. You will be hearing from again soon.
Arthur Craven
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| Dear Apps; those reeds are amazing. They made me look amazing. BA PB sounded amazing after I reeded them up with them. Simon Fraser eat your hearts out. At last you actually listened and did as I directed you to do (snigger) hence the result.
Rog I mean Huth
UK
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| Hello Chris.
The reeds arrived last week.The 24 is just right for me and the scale is so true in my Macallum and in my mates Shepperd chanter.Now we know how our pipes are supposed to sound.We were both struggling with reeds that were too hard and that didn't sound right.Your made to measure service I wished I had known about earlier. I have ruined so many reeds by trying to do it myself. I will be now getting my reeds direct from you,set up correctly in the future.
Many thanks.
Pete.
Germany
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| Hi Chris,
The reeds arrived on Friday. Lorne was very pleased with the reeds. I think the strength is right for our band; we can get them going with a little breath warming and holding the lips together for a few seconds. The break in period should be reasonably short.
Also, the match up with our new chanters is excellent. We were amazed to find that little or no tape is required. Fitted out with new chanter reeds, MG drone reeds and the new chanters, we sounded like a different band with better tone and noticeably more volume.
I really appreciate your effort in getting the reeds to us in time for Lorne's visit.
Regards,
Bill
San Diego, CA
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Just a quick note to let you know that this last dozen reeds are plug
and play. Good job, Chris.
Thanks,
Darroll Morehouse |
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| Dear Chris, I've been playing your reeds for a month now and they have settled in nicely. I congratulate you on your product and will not hesitate in recommending them to my Piping friends.
Regards Kev Kelly |
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| You made a reed for me at the Richmond Highland Games. I plugged it in today and fired up the pipes. As a new player, having a reed adjusted to me made a amazing difference in my playing. Thank you for your help and I will be ordering more in the future. Great job and help for a beginner piper !!
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Got them yesterday. They appear to be all right on the money as marked. This is a great service that you offer and I am not sure any of your competitors offer it. My instructor has a Wika gauge and allows her students to use it to adjust reeds but it is well worth $2.50 to get one out of the box ready to play.
Jim McKnight |
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Today, I have received the two parcels, one with the reeds and one with the
pressure gauge. Thank you very much for your fine work and your fine
business. All this things are working very good. I wish you all the best for
the new year. Thank you and kind regards,
Alexandre Aebi
Switzerland |
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I just wanted to write to thank you. You sent my order FASTER than I ever expected. Your reeds are the closest thing to plug & play there is......they are absolutely THE BEST!!!!!!!!
Very sincerely, a very satisfied customer,
P Rutgersen
Astoria NY |
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| I received the two chanter reeds and cane bass reed a little more than a
week ago. The chanter reeds played beautifully, right out of the box, in
the ABW McCallum chanter that I usually use for solo competitions. They
are exactly the strengths I was hoping for, and are bright and clear on every
note. They impressed me so much that I used one for a competition in
Dallas this past weekend, where I received very high marks for chanter and pipes (judge Jimmie Bell used the words "excellent" and "beautiful pipes" twice
when assessing sound quality on my score sheets). I have many other
reeds, and never imagined I would compete with a reed played less than a week, but yours sounded so good that it was the obvious choice to play with.
The cane bass reed is the first I've ever had that also played well right
out of the box. With no more preparation than some warm, moist air, it
played through a complete piobaireachd at full pressure (I was using the
'35' reed) without shutting off - no hair under the tongue, no springing
of the tongue - and without dropping out of tune. That is quite impressive
from a cane reed, at least in my experience. The only change I've made is
to replace the plastic bridle with a waxed hemp one. With another couple
of weeks of playing, I expect it to become my full-time bass reed.
You've just made pipe maintenance easier for me: I no longer need to
worry over which reeds to buy next, when I need new ones.
Many thanks for making such a fine product.
Regards,
E Selden
Seabrook, TX |
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I wanted to let you know how delighted Lucinda and I have been with your reeds. We each took 1 and are still using them. Custom ordering them will spare us much time and money and eliminate the "gambling" habit that usually occurs when shopping for ready to play reeds.
Jay Goetz
St. Louis, MO
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I received the pipe chanter reeds and am starting out on the number 20. I find it far easier than the previous reeds I was trying but not able to blow. I was able to play an entire scale, up and down!!! I am confident this will help me as I learn to blow my pipes. I want to thank you very much for making my dream of being able to play a set of pipes become possible.
Yours truly,
Karen Bell
Canada |
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I received the reeds yesterday and they are fantastic. Thanks again
for your help and I will be recommending to our little
South Texas band that they become acquainted with your shop.
John
Texas
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I just got the reed and it is one of the best reeds
I have received in
years. I appreciate the well crafted reed.
Honestly, I love the reed and I
have not been able to say that about many of the
reeds I have received from
other makers.
Thanks,
Shawn
Indiana |
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I just wanted to let you know how delighted all of our band members were
to receive their new reeds. With 15 pipers in our band, you would think
there would be at least one negative comment. But that wasn't the case.
the consensus was that, with our having determined our individual blowing
strengths before we ordered, we all got reeds that were basically plug and
play. Now, after several weeks of play, the sound is great and everyone
is quite happy with our purchase. Thank you for taking the time to work
with me on this.
Cheers,
Darroll Morehouse
Oregon State Defense Force Pipe Band |
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Chris: Thank you thank you thank you for the new reeds! They're perfect right out of the box, every last one of them (I ordered four.) What a difference in sound and ease of playing!
Stephen Mack
Virginia |
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