Only you can answer the question. If you think you are too old, you are.

My entire life I had wanted to play the Uilleann pipes. All kinds of things like military service, lack of availability, no instructors in those days, kids, bills, etc got in the way. Low and behold, at the age of 49 I got my hands on a good chanter, talked the highly esteemed reed maker, Benedict Koehler into reeding it, and off I went. Had I listened to the folks around me, I would never have played them. I heard all the crap like "you are too old", it takes years, etc. I had played whistles for a while, and had been an afondicio of pipers my entire life. I just plunged in, and it has become a passion for me. A big part of doing this was to accept a few things. I committed to becoming the very best UP'er that I could be, but understood that I will not hit the level of someone who started much earlier. Al Purcell, a great piper and teacher, advised me to start with Airs, and find the beauty in them.

I am so happy that I didn't listen to what I couldn't do, and instead plunged in. It is a meditative experience for me, and it brings me great satisfaction.

There is only one person who can say that you are too old. It is you. If you find yourself telling yourself that you are too old, I recommend that you tell yourself to go screw yourself, and plunge ahead anyway.

Good luck,

Mick