Practice Chanter (J. Higgins Long) (In Stock)

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1. quality product

   Posted by dede on 26th Jun 2023

   All my items arrived in great condition and timely.

2. Sounds good

   Posted by Unknown on 5th Feb 2023

   Everyone else in our band uses a long practice chanter and my regular sounded like a kazoo. This chanter sounds great and fits right in. As always great Higgins service.

3. Great Chanter

   Posted by Unknown on 26th Jan 2023

   I purchased a McCallum extended length practice chanter from JHuiggins recently. Extremely happy with the price and quality of chanter. Very nice tone. My only complaint would be that it was sent in just a soft plastic bag. I was very concerned that it would be broken before I even got to play it.
   Last year when I ordered my McCallum bagpipes from JHuggins they came so well packaged, I was not concerned that the pipe chanter would be packaged so carelessly. But still I will continue to order from this company. All products I have gotten from them have been shipped correctly and quickly. (John's reply: Honestly, these chanters are almost indestructible and we wrap them before sending in the plastic mailer.)

4. Great Chanter

   Posted by Unknown on 26th Jan 2023

   I purchased a McCallum extended length practice chanter from JHuiggins recently. Extremely happy with the price and quality of chanter. Very nice tone. My only complaint would be that it was sent in just a soft plastic bag. I was very concerned that it would be broken before I even got to play it.
   Last year when I ordered my McCallum bagpipes from JHuggins they came so well packaged, I was not concerned that the pipe chanter would be packaged so carelessly. But still I will continue to order from this company. All products I have gotten from them have been shipped correctly and quickly.

5. Great service

   Posted by Unknown on 31st Oct 2022

   Excellent product as always from J Higgins with fast delivery.

6. Pure Pleasure, if only a little wiggly

   Posted by Cambria Engstrom on 12th May 2022

   I have started learning how to play the bagpipes 2 weeks ago and I have found it an absolute pleasure. My instructor suggested the Jay Higgins site to which I then found specifically Higgins chanter. First off Higgins is much easier to play than the practice when I was given I don't have to blow as hard to get the tune right on point it's a beautiful piece it's comfortable in my hand and I have no complaints about any of the parts. The only things I noticed were the two parts that connect together to make the full chanter we're a little bit wiggly my instructor had some spare hemp to wrap around it and fix it which was nice but that was the only little problem. Oh and packaging I guess that's the only thing when it was packaged two pieces were night next to each other even though they were bubble wrapped if they were individually bubble wrapped it might be safer for future instruments. Nonetheless I love my chanter I practice with it every day My children want to practice with it or more like squawk but still I'm enjoying it immensely so and I look forward to playing actual pipes

7. Quality Chanter for good price

   Posted by Christopher Cowan on 7th Sep 2020

   I just recently bought the J.Higgins Long practice chanter. The tone is excellent and I really like the placement and feel of the holes. I am getting back into piping after many years and wanted to try a new practice chanter. This one is made for J.Higgins by McCallum bagpipes so I knew it would be superior quality since I bought a McCallum bagpipe chanter a few years ago. I also bought a Warnock reed which I am not as impressed with but it works okay. If you are looking for your first chanter or a backup, this is a great choice. I also bought the rubber mouthpiece protectors which will save the tip of the chanter.

8. Like the chanter, don't like the reed

   Posted by Scott Englund on 4th Jun 2019

   Love the chanter, am currently trying to get used to finger placement before setting up lessons. The reed is very quiet so I bought a gibson practice chanter reed. Now it sounds awesome.

9. nice chanter for indoors

   Posted by Unknown on 15th Aug 2018

   Chanter is ok. I purchased it because this is what the band uses. It feels a little cheap and comes with a horrible read but it gets the job done for $60. They shipped it in a plastic shipping bag with no protection at all. I am surprised it wasn't damaged on arrival. (John's reply: I'm glad I saw this review as this is first we've heard about the reed. We would be happy to replace the reed, but I want to say we test each reed before sending out, and that has been our policy since 1983. The chanters are extremely durable, and would be very difficult to damage, as was evidently the case here, but we do wrap them in bubble wrap, so they do have protection. Please feel free to contact us if you want to talk about the reed. Thanks, John Higgins).

10. Great Practice Chanter

    Posted by Christopher P Lacher on 23rd May 2018

    Our pipe band found out that not all practice chanters are in the correct key when you play low A. Since it is the goal of every band to be in unison, this chanter made it happen. I found out an Abbott reed works better than the red one that comes with it. The red reed works great, but it seemed to make it harder work on blowing steady.

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