How about an electronic pick-up going through an amp with a foot-control for the volume level? You could even add deliberate distortion, rather than the accidental kind.

Seriously, folks, I love the pipes. Especially the quieter types (Uillean, Northunbrian, etc.) When our number-one son was six-months old, we stayed with Jeannie Robertson in Aberdeen, Scotland, for a week. Her husband, Donald Higgins, and his brother, Isaac, were both Highland pipers. They lived in a tiny, stone house with a built-in echo. One afternoon the two men marched in tight circles around the living room, playing some very stirring tunes, full-blast. Number-one son thought it was great! We learned what the pipes sound like with reverb,too!

Caroline (she's not for sale; the green song-linky thing points to a Jerry Rasmussen song about a town named Caroline) reminds me that the McPeakes recorded "There was an Auld Piper" on one of their LPs. All this expended energy might have saved, had I remembered that! Still, it's been fun, and Blessings Barbara has done herself proud!

Sandy