Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. WeвЂ™ll analyze results based on each grade, and, at the end, try to take an overall picture of what comprised the вЂњidealвЂќ solo instrument at the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting competitions in 2011. What type of moisture control system, if any, did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? What type of pipe bag did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? What type(s) of tenor drone reeds did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? What type of bass drone reed did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011?

What type(s) of pipe chanter reed did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? (knowing chanter reeds might well be changed between events, respondents could pick as many as two)

What type of drones did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? What type of pipe chanter did you compete with at Oban and Inverness in 2011? We listed every prominent modern maker that we could think of and also, for drones, the more prominent vintage instruments being played. We posed eight questions to each respondent, who could then simply tick off the item that applied to them, or, if the piece wasnвЂ™t listed, they could write in under вЂњOtherвЂќ what they used. No one asked not to be included now or in the future they simply did not respond. Out of the 95 total, we had 70 responses, or a response-rate of 74%. We sent our survey three separate times over several weeks, each time to those who had not yet responded. This we feel is only fair, and encourages a higher rate of participation. Although a few may compete in A-Grade light music, we considered anyone who has won a Highland Society of London Gold Medal to be in the Premier category.ДЄs with our 2009 survey, we will not reveal specific playersвЂ™ responses, and only compile them as a whole. So, for our survey of competitors at Oban and Inverness and 2011, we sourced the names and addresses of 95 competitors across the three essential categories of Premier, A-Grade and B-Grade. We think that no one would dispute that today, anyone whose entry is accepted at these prestigious competitions are in the worldвЂ™s elite players. This time, we decided to broaden our research to include also the B-Grade competitors. In 2009 we had 35 responses, and we grouped together all Premier and A-Grade competitors at the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting. Two years have passed since the last pipes|drums Survey of the worldвЂ™s top solo pipers and what instrument, reeds, bag and moisture control system they use. What the worldвЂ™s best pipers are playing: a pipes|drums Survey

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