Wednesday, October 23, 2013
My Pipes and My Kilts
In case any of you are wondering, I play McCallum AB2 pipes with a synthetic bag and Ross cannister system, EZ Drone reeds and a band issue poly chanter. I do have a beautiful ABW chanter that I plan to use for solo playing but I've not yet found a reed for it so it sits in my pipe case for the moment.
As for my kilts - our band wears the Gordon Modern tartan (the green kilt) with grey hose, yellow flashes, black waistcoat, white shirt and a custom FSSAPB tie. I also have a handmade kilt, traditional 8-yard knife-pleated in 16 oz fabric from MacIssac Kiltmakers of Cape Breton in the MacDougall Modern tartan (the red one) and a 5-yard box-pleated MacDougall Ancient kilt from Keltoi in Ontario. My next kilt (if I can ever afford it) will be a Murphy (also known as Tara) tartan to honour my mother's family.
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