The Malcolm McLaren Plastic Chanter Reed for Highland Bagpipes

Played by Cory Dale at the McLaren residence, Brisbane, Queensland. 30 - 6 - 2009

Information about the reeds available by contacting Malcolm McLaren at -

bagpipereeds@gmail.com

Audio and Video production by me, David (ausdag) Goldsworthy

Concerning the reed, Cory Dale writes -

The McLaren plastic chanter reed is the culmination of 15 years' research and development by Malcolm McLaren of Brisbane, Australia. It represents a monumental leap in piping technology, finally offering an alternative to cane chanter reeds without sacrificing tone and volume. In my humble opinion these reeds are by far the best of the synthetic chanter reeds available to date. They have been played by many pipers ( some "A" grade ) in solo competitions and demonstrations here ( and overseas ) and have not been picked as a plastic reed, as the tone is so close to that of a traditional cane reed, only the most well trained ear can pick it. They offer stability and reliability in tone and tuning..... as you can see, even dunking it in water will not change it. This reed is the ultimate for those who play at weddings and funerals as it does not change in pitch. It also offers great volume for pressure and is available in strengths from 13 (really easy) -20 (hard) the reed played was a "medium " of 17.
For any further information you can contact Malcolm on

bagpipereeds@gmail.com

or myself at

cory@dalebagpipes.com.au

(Cory Dale, Australia 30 - 6 - 2009)

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[2400346]

the drones are not tuned

[ausdag]

@2400346

If you care to watch longer than 14 seconds you'll hear them kick in perfectly in tune.

[piperdreen]

Very cool...you need to let people know how to order one. Email me and let me know. B

[ausdag]

B, contact details are to the right in the 'more info' section. Cheers, ausdag

[rrigcm]

Mal I know you have worked very hard on this reed and I hope it brings you the rewards you deserve. I will bring it to the attention of the boys in the band and in general conversation at the games for the rest of the scottish season.

Kind regards as always,

Tam McGirr

[73380401]

They sound great to me.lovely steady drones too.

[adamvbass93]

The top hand doesn't sound as good as cane tbh.



[Christianpilot777]

I will too. That's incredible. I might use it this next competition season if I do.

[theherpman94]

do you have tape over any of your finger holes? does the reed keep the chanter in tune?

[arivas713]

freeeeeeedoooooooom!

[Annasavi]

wow a plastic reed 0_o please can u tell me what the price is for a strength 15 reed ?

[piperbob2]

@NCPiper Re your comment 9 months ago - what do you think of the reed now, 9 months on? What strength is it? Has there been any change in the reed over the 9 months? Does it still choke with grips from high A?