The Greatest 20 Pipers in History

Published: December 21, 2014
Our panel of piping history experts decide the biggest contributors to the art . . .
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Pipers: Blow your drones without the pipe chanter for a few minutes when you first take your pipes out of the box. Initially, the blades on your pipe chanter reed and the tongues on your drone reeds will be dry (not pliable), which will make the chanter reed stiff and often too much for the drone reeds – causing them to shut off. The warm air that is blown through the drone reeds will make the tongues more pliable and receptive to handling the strength of the pipe chanter. This applies to synthetic and cane drone reeds.


John Cairns, double Gold Medallist

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August 17, 1957

Reay Mackay takes piobaireachd, March, and S/R at Fergus, Ontario, games.
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