Pipe Chanter Reeds

Pipe Chanter Reeds

The Gibson exercise reed, while ideally suitable to Gibson exercise chanters, is also an magnificent reed for other brands. The blades are wide permitting for more air, thereby closely eliminating the “shutting off” phenomenon. This design likewise formulates a loud, full tone. Made by Gibson Classical Bagpipes.

The Deger II Electronic Chanter is a great way to exercise your tunes quietly. It is little sufficient to take to the office, in the car, on a plane, anyplace that you may want to exercise without setting up your pipes.

It is the same size and has the same finger spacing as a long exercise chanter. You may connect headphones, or speakers directly into the Deger so that you may play for yourself or for others. It is possible to connect the phones output to an amplifier or stereo as well. It has the authentic bagpipe sound including drones generated by wavetable sound synthesis. The crystal oscillator and microprocessor control provide a utterly tuned chanter scale and drones. You may adjust the pitch so that you may play along with other instruments. The drones volume is variable and may be swopped off. You may also switch among the sounds of Highland Pipes and Small Pipes. An extended chromatical scale is available so you may play tunes which you may not play on a real pipe chanter. There is a metronome integrated within the chanter.

The MIDI output allows you to use it with other MIDI equipment.

One battery will give you up to 100 playing hours. After a minute of no activity, it will shut itself off.

The new design of the Deger II has better sensors and better sound quality. There are no limitations to using MIDI and phones at the same time. You may also play Vibrato.

The chanter holds everything you need including the batteries and earphones.

What better way to exercise your piping than with a Deger II Electronic Chanter!

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11 of 11 persons found the following review helpful.
The New Standard
By F. Scott
I am sorry to listen that the former reviewer has had a hard time with his reeds. Indeed, the Gibson/Abbot style reeds are a departure from what some are used to. Often those accustomed to weaker exercise chanter reeds are shocked at the amount of throughput the Gibson/Abbot reeds may require. The “duck call” noise he describes is in general developed when the tone is not supported, i.e. not putting sufficient air through the chanter.

The other considerateness is that Gibson/Abbot reeds may be modified by proper sanding and/or trimming to alter both the pitch and strength of the reed. Such an endeavor must only be undertaken when one is totally conscious of what he or she is doing. However, given the fact that normal “breaking in,” humidity, and temperature may affect the way the reed sounds, the fact that the reed may be ‘tweaked’ ought to not be overlooked.

Overall, I would contend that the Gibson/Abbot reed is the new standard. The power, vibrancy, and responsiveness is unparalleled. Paired with the proper exercise chanter, you will find a quality of tone you antecedently thought totally unlikely in a exercise chanter. Definitely recommended, provided you have a exercise chanter that will receive wide-bladed reeds. For chanters that require a narrower blade and like a higher degree of backpressure, I have always enjoyed Warnock reeds for such a purpose.

4 of 4 persons found the following review helpful.
the real deal
By David Corbett
good price on rather perchance the best exercise chanter reed on the market. They do work best in the Gibson chanters, and very well in others that have a big reed chamber. Not rather so well in the slimmer exercise chanters (like the shepherd, which sounds outstanding with narrow bladed reeds).

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Good if you may get them going
By Bagpipe Player
These reeds push out a big volume of sound. The sound is very nice, and they are particularly great in long-length exercise chanters.

Unfortunately I’m not strong sufficient to keep these going for any amount of time so I can’t play them, but if you’re a bit more inviolable these are unquestionably worth a look.

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