Reviews

"They work well! My playing is better since I've used your bellows! I had to open the
reeds and my sound is better. One of my friends, Patrick Molard has tried your bellows. He
was impressed! He had the same problem with his previous bellows as me. He is very
interested in buying the same bellows. Patrick Molard is one of the best uilleann pipers
and bagpipers in France (specialist in pibroch). He is a professionnal musician."
 
D. Gloaguen, France
 
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"The pipes never worked this well.  Thanks very much. Now to get used to the bellows
blowing again."

D. Bardenstein, Ohio, USA
 
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"I had the opportunity to try your bellows... I was very impressed by the quality of the
object and its incredible performances, compared to my old bellows.
In fact, once you have tried these bellows, you just cannot go back to the old one!"

"Best wishes and congratulations for your beautiful work, it changes a piper's life!"

P. Molard, France
 
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"I enjoyed my visit last week and I am impressed with the bellows I
brought home. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas, and the quality
of the workmanship is very high. I particularly like the way you have
angled the attachment of the belt so the bellows tilts up a bit in
front. This prevents my right arm from being over the air inlet. The
padding is great too, looks and works very well."
 
G. Dreyer, Connecticut, USA
 
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"I love the wee blue bellows - so much easier to play.  I'm thinking of getting another
color too, just for the elegance."
 
I. Rankine, Connecticut, USA
 
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"The bellows arrived today.  Beautiful job.  The difference between these and the
originals is night and day.  The efficiency of the new bellows seems to be perfect.
I can detect leaks in neither the valve nor the leather."
 
". . .and it performs as good as it looks. Large capacity, comfortable to use, and
blessedly air tight."
 
"...and practicing the bellows technique, which has improved considerably already thanks
to Mr Warner."
 
J. Cahill, California, USA
 
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"My first impressions are positive. In fact, very positive. I practised for about 90
minutes on my 3/4 (uilleann pipes) set with absolutely no problems. The bellows provides
plenty of air for the 3/4 set with drones and regulators being played. It's very
comfortable. The detachable elbow and hip pads and air-hose made it quite compact so that
it fits snugly into my case. "
 
"Very good work all round."
 
"...my thoughts so far are that they are excellent quality. I've played a few small gigs
and done lots of practice using the bellows and I find them to be excellent. Very
comfortable, well positioned and the angled connector on the blow pipe ensures that it
doesn't pop out of the bellows while I'm playing (something that happened frequently with
my two previous bellows)."
 
P. McSweeney, Quebec, Canada
 
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"I got the bellows in, and they are great. My pipes are sounding real good."
 
T. Brode, Louisiana, USA
 
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"They are really great: they look fantastic, fit very nicely, are comfortable to wear, and
provide much more air than my other sets (five sets I have, including two by Colin Ross,
and one by Brian Howard which are great, but rather small). Playing with them yesterday
made a great difference, much more relaxed and in control. My previous ones forced rather
too much pumping to maintain pressure."
 
"...Your rubber tube exactly fits all the sizes of blowpipe, much better than wood or
ivory ends to the leather tube. Played them in public last night, and found life much more
relaxed, including being able to improvise variations as not worried about losing air…
Would not have believed it would make so much difference. So thank you very much.

P. Dixon, Nottinghamshire, UK

(Prof. of Archaeology, been playing Northumbrian pipes since 1964)
 
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"I'm very happy with your bellows. Good air efficiency, not too large, not too small. The
straps are easy to use. And quite good looking too. Compliments!"
 
H. Van Den Berg, Holland
 
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"Well I got my bellows over the weekend, and I couldn't be happier with it."

"Really for the price, ...you get a custom made bellow made by a guy who cares more about what he is doing than is probably healthy."
 
R. Drew, Oregon, USA
 
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