OK, I've been blowing into my pipes' new bag long enough to appreciate the difference, but from the get-go it wasn't obvious. Yet my immediate family's claimed to hear improvement, even if it was just improved endurance. Playing seems more enjoyable now--but various glitches regularly keep my enthusiasm in check! Still, all three drones are apparently staying in tune now, & they don't cut out.

Today I went outside & had started up with "The Flower of Scotland" when three young blondes, whom I'd noticed walking by earlier, suddenly showed up & approached to investigate, not having a good view of me from the street. They applauded after I quit & insisted they didn't know I wasn't very good at it. They'd never heard of our band; turns out they were here visiting relatives.

Hmmm--bagpipes as a chick magnet?