Caldwell Bagpipe Reeds are played by pipers at all stages, from beginners through to senior players and top grade 1 bands.
The Caldwell Bagpipe Reed has been carefully designed and hand crafted using precision tooling to ensure top quality tone.
The reeds are easily worked and manipulated - in the event you want to make it easier to blow, and it could not be easier with the design of this reed.
G1 Platinum reeds are made solely by John Elliott of Scotland, using a combination of traditional and innovative techniques producing a precision reed. The Platinum reeds are crafted to a higher standard than the regular G1s. Each tube of cane is personally hand selected and only the best are deemed acceptable for G1 Platinum's supreme standards. The cane is sourced from top cane growers in France and Spain depending on the season. It is then treated and prepared in a highly skilled process. All reeds are pre-tested and individually tested.
Chesney Pipe Chanter reeds are a very popular reed. These reeds are a ridge cut. Chesney reeds are played by some of the worlds leading pipe bands. They are comparable to the Megarity reed. Formerly known as the Warnock reed.
Melvin reeds are designed to deliver a precision sound. These ridge-cut reeds sound crisp and clean and pair well with a wide range of chanters.
An accomplished piper, teacher, and adjudicator, readmaker Adrian Melvin knows how a great chanter reed needs to perform. Melvin reeds are made in the U.S.A.
The Pipers' Choice Easy Pipe Chanter Reed is a great reed for a beginner. It is nice and easy to blow and easy to handle.
Each reed comes pre-tested and packaged individually in a plastic reed pack. This will protect them from chipping when not in use.