Some questions on other instruments. The highland pipes require retuning in, say, the first ten minutes of playing until the reeds reach a temperature and moistness from your breath. In certain weather conditions they can be difficult to tune since the chanter reed may be running cooler and therefore needs rebalancing (they high A is exactly one octave above the low A). When playing with other pipers, given that every reed is different, copious use is made of black electricians isulating tape to partially cover the holes of the top hand so that all instruments are in tune.

Question; do you experience the same problems with other wind instruments such as the clarinet for example? Are those instruments susceptible to wet or dry blowing? Do you have to raise and lower reeds to get in tune with everyone else?

I've played the guitar as a teenager and remember the problems of having to retune if your bending notes e.t.c.

I guess the most stable instument (and hassle free) is in fact the electric keyboard.

Cheers,

Sandy