Uilleann Bagpipe Regulator Reed

Testimonials:

Just wanted to thank you for the reeds. Your attention to detail and craftsmanship is outstanding. Beautiful reeds not only to play, but to look at. Works of art!

—Mike Mullen, regulators by Gordon Galloway

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 am DELIGHTED with this reed!
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

. . . your reeds are the best
I’ve found . . .

–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