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I have the strangest thing going on right now. One of the guys in my band is having issues with his tone enhancers. He just got some new kinnard Evolution reeds and one of them will not work if the tone enhancer is in the stock. No matter where you put the bridle, even all the way open, the reed cuts out almost immediately. When we pull the enhancer out everything works just fine. The problem is he would like the use the enhancers because it makes things a little easier to play.

anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?

Edit: last night at band practice a couple of us spent some time on this issue. It turns out the underlying issue was moisture.

We took all the enhancers out, calibrated the drones and thought he was good to go. After about 20 minutes his drones started to shut off again. I did the whole dollar bill under the drone tongue and that fixed the problem.

He’s going to ditch the tone enhancers and start looking for a better moisture control system

Hey all. I’m out of the solo game for a while but I’m looking to jump back in. Trying to find an MSR that’s relatively straightforward and easy without it being too grade 4 or over my head if that makes sense. Any good suggestions? Thanks for the help.

Please and thank you!

Please use this thread to discuss whatever piping related questions you may have, or comment to help others.

I do a lot of golf scrambles where they pay me to play while people are warming up and getting ready, background noise really. I usually just play the same tunes each time. I was looking for some more simple marches and retreats or whatnot to play. Any suggestions?

I’ve admittedly been away from piping for over twenty years, but I feel as if many of the old Regimental tunes are falling out of favor with a lot of players and bands. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
I grew up in Scots Guards, Gordon Highlanders, QO Highlanders. Of course you can find the highlights on YouTube, but there are some wonderful, not so well-known tunes buried within.
I’d value players’ thoughts. Again, the world has changed in twenty years away. What is the future of pipe music?

Eric
Chicago