Uilleann pipes

The drones are quiet but sweet and STABLE! The drones were quiet but yes, they have way better projection in a big room and among a large group (39!!!) of players, much better than with either cane or of course the Ezeedrones, and they’re way more stable. Thanks again, Justin!!

— Thom Moore

drones by Nick Whitmer

happybagpiper.com

They are rock solid. They are a little louder than cane and ezeedrones, but those take more air, are not nearly as steady, user friendly, or easy to play.

—Edward Long

I’ve just received two of Justin’s reeds and I’m very impressed with the quality. They are scraped evenly on both sides and not scraped too thin. The lips are perfectly even, and the sides are as parallel as you can get with a very air-tight seal. The main thing is, they play in-tune throughout the scale in both octaves and I didn’t even have to send him one of my chanters. The price is right as well.

— Seth Hamon

http://SethHamon.com

. . . he has worked some small kind of magic by fulfilling my quest for a reed for my Kevin Thompson chanter. This is one fine reed. He went further, by making a small

correction to staple design from the original supplied by Kevin, enabling me to play easily and in tune with my drones up the high ‘C’. . . . if you need an excellent reed at a very reasonable cost. Justin is yer Man.

— Bob Perron

chanter and regulators by Kevin Thompson

I’ve got the reed in as far as it will easily go, have lightened the bridle a toich, and it’s still about 2 cents under, with Makoto’s bete noir 2nd octave F# EXACTLY where he wants it to be (-10) to sing with the drones. OMG, I’m not sharp! This is AWESOME!!!!!!

–Cathy Wilde

chanter by Makoto Nakatsui

I tie flys for fishing. Some people view flies as art so much so that they actually put them in glass spheres just to look at, never intending to get them wet. This could be said about your reeds. Beautiful work, very impressed. What a difference. Higher octaves easier sustain easier and lots less pressure to play. Before it was a workout. I mean it felt like lifting weights, bag pressure constant pumping of the bellows. Thank you, Justin.

--Alan Pine

chanter by Tim Britton

–Stewart Smith

chanter by Tim Benson

I really like the reed and it seems to suit my Adrian Jefferies (06′) chanter really well. It’s perfect-your bridle works really well, as well as a very nice tone. The great thing about your reed is it doesn’t break on the back D in my chanter .

–Josh Licht

chanter by Adrian Jefferies

Reeds arrived today. They are great! Bright, responsive, and really easy to play.

–Phil Dale

chanter by Makoto Nakatsui

Got the reeds today! All 3 sound great! You are my new hero! Thanks so much for the top quality craftsmanship. Playing today in the first session in more than a year with reeds that tune and play. Just amazing! Literally brought tears to my eyes to be able to play my pipes without struggling with pitch and tone. You quite literally saved me from selling my pipes!

–Larry Forston

chanter by Tim Benson

The reed has settled in nicely. At band practice last night my band mates said the reed sounded better then they have ever heard. My playing still sucked but the reed sounded great. 😂

— Jay Wells

chanter by Nick Whitmer