Scottish Lowland Border Pipes in A - Black Shaded with Nickle Mounts

Handcrafted out of Indian Cocobolo Wood (Dalbergia Sissoo) both in it's Natural Shade and Black Shaded. A hardwood with excellent tonal qualities, high resistance against harsh weather conditions and requires relatively low maintenance so you can expect a hassle free experience for the foreseeable future.

This set is tuned in the key of A, the conical bore chanter keeps a lot of the characteristic vibrant tone of the Highland pipes, but at a lower volume and can be played using the same fingering as the Highland Pipes

There are three drones comprising of a bass, baritone and tenor, set in a single stock, which can either be played over the shoulder or across the knee. The drones play the notes of A, E and A respectively, Drone Reeds are not included

These Border Pipes are available as Bellow Blown or Mouth Blown, depending on your preference.

One way in which the Border pipes are more versatile than the Highland pipes or the Scottish small pipes, is that in addition to the standard scale, the chanters can give accurately pitched cross fingered accidentals. We developed a border pipe chanter which was fully chromatic by cross fingering, giving a good minor third, minor sixth, major seventh, sharp fourth, and minor second, without altering the standard fingering of the normal pipe scale.

The set includes everything you need to play this beautiful set of pipes aside from drone reeds which have to be bought separately from Pipe Dreams Reeds for ideal performance.