Hi Guest,

From the NSP Members Handbook there seem to be about nine pipers in the Glasgow, Strathclyde, Ayr & Galloway regions but I don't know if they would be willing to offer tuition. Dave Shaw ran a 'taster' session for the 'small pipes' at Celtic Connections'2005 so it may be worth checking to see if this will be on offer again in January.

I will send you contact details if you join Mudcat (via the Personal Message service to preserve confidentiality).

Decreasing the playing pressure does slightly flatten the pitch but there are limits to what can be done.

As John Routledge said earlier, my D chanter is concert pitch and doesn't require modification as regards pitch.

I have a standard set of drones that are tunable using the tuning beads on the largest and third largest drones.

These gives D & D' (virtual C) but my middle drone requires a second tuning bead to be able to play A and as I only have one I make do without!

If it helps I can provide the Hz frequencies for each drone in concert pitch.

Bob vG