David Naill and Co - Making of a Blackwood Chanter - Part 1

Part 1/6 - Taking a bagpipe Blackwood chanter down to rough shape.
Our policy at David Naill is to produce everything in-house so as to ensure the very finest quality craftsmanship. Everything from polypenco chanters to the most expensive set of bagpipes are produced within our walls. We season our Blackwood for a minimum of four years, ensuring that bores remain true and mounts do not come loose due to wood shrinkage, thus insuring the stability of the finished product.

[@MrGottmusik]

This is when you can truly appreciate the hands of a fine woodworker whether it's building a piece of furniture or blackwood chanter. Thank you very much for the video David.

[@nasirmahmood1027]

Tune drill

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

Great little series of videos on creating a piece of musical art. I always wondered, however, how safe turning pipes is for the craftsman and whether the risk of hand/ finger injury is an issue. Seems like most of these folks are pipers themselves.

[@GergC0521]

Can a chanter be made from plum wood? It's a hard wood, though only about half as hard as blackwood.