**PLEASE READ**
This video might seem a bit unpolished, the reason for that is, after filming this, I was supposed to film another one fixing all of the problems, but the next thing that happened was me waking up early in the morning because of a loud bang, only to see my bagpipe on the ground in pieces… I will eventually 3d print it again whenever I can, this time with better settings.
IMPORTANT NOTES
I can’t play the bagpipe with the chanter and drones playing, I simply don’t have the blow strength, and playing the bagpipe is a pretty rare thing for me considering my neighbors, that should explain why the last part sounded so bad.
The tenors were tuned incorrectly, I mentioned in the video that there is another way to tune them which is by playing the chanter on a high A, and that is the ONLY good way to do it and I should have done that instead.
This bagpipe was printed with a very small amount of infill, about 30%, which is nowhere near enough to be good enough for the bagpipes, you should print these at 80% or more infill, with a minimum of 5 perimeters to prevent breakage.
As I said in the video, the chanter squeaks very hard when playing a grace note, hence why buying a real chanter can be a game changer.
Most of the problems in these bagpipes can be boiled down to human error, like tuning, printing settings, etc. which is why you should take this video with a grain of salt, this is only a concept showing how well it works and how much potential it has, I wish I had some information about this when making them, because I learned the hard way by spending a lot of wasted plastic just testing things, hopefully this video can be of help to you.
LINKS
#3ddrones print files: lindstruments.com/products/3ddrones-a-printable-highland-bagpipe-drone-set-in-stl-form
Disenchanted chanter: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2373962
Oval blowpipe: www.printables.com/model/566502-oval-bagpipe-blowpipe-piece
All other parts like the reeds were purchased on an online bagpipe parts store, any of them will work.
Thanks a lot to the Reddit community for helping make this possible, I started not knowing anything about pipes, and they have helped me troubleshoot all the problems I have encountered, this project wouldn’t be possible without them.