Hi

<" Those pipes in an enclosed space were painful on the ears.">

Hear hear.....Many years ago I was in the RAF and we had a guy from Edinburg who played the pipes. He used to practice in the billet !!! After some "discussion" we persuaded him that it was too loud in the enclosed space. So he tried to compromise by practicing on a chanter. Still very loud.

However some years later I lived in Inverness and out in the countryside every summer's evening a piper would play The sound drifted over the hills and was really emotional to hear.

Last year I attended my first Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The sounds of the pipes and drums of the Massed Bands was fantastic. So the pipes can be wonderful to hear in the right environment - but in small room no.

Sorry if I slipped a little away from the thread.

Regards

MikeL2