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Balance Tone High Resonance Drone Reed
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Balance Tone High Resonance Drone Reed
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Ideally suited for older bagpipes that pitch very low on the tuning pins. The BALANCE TONE drone reed has been developed by Pipe Major Bruce Hitchings . Bruce has used all his 35 years piping experience to come up with a product that will make the life of the piper easier.
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KEY FEATURES:
VERY EASY TO SET UP
REEDS STRIKE IN EVERY TIME
REEDS TAKE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF AIR
ROCK STEADY
TELESCOPIC ADJUSTMENT TO ALTER PITCH
NO AIR LEAKAGE FROM REEDS
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I have an old set of bagpipes with which I am using a modern, higher pitched chanter. I have encountered difficulty finding synthetic drone reeds which do not require adjusting the drone tuning slides significantly below the hemp line to achieve the higher pitch. The HR3 reeds achieve this easily. The new clear bridle is more flexible and is the easiest to fine tune for strength that I have encountered. Sound quality is excellent. Reed chamber length is easily and accurately adjustable for pitch without resort to a tuning screw. I highly recommend this well thought out product
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from USA on 2/19/2021
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I play older military set of hardies. The bore on the drones are smaller then normal. Will these drones perform well in smaller bore drones. Thank you Mike
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Mike
- 1/21/2020
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I understand your situation! The end of all of the Balance Tone drone reeds are smaller then most modern day drone reeds. They should work fine for you, but if they don't, please let us know and we will take care of this for you.
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Jon Maffett (1/22/2020)
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do you carry BalanceTone HiRes Bflat reeds? If so, what's the price?
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Bob Cameron
- 8/24/2020
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Jon, Are these the newer style HR3 from Bruce? Also, I see yo have Lumsden Cane Reeds. did he start making them again? The last time I was in contact with him he said he retired. Evan
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Evan MacKay
- 1/19/2021
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Jon, I think the latest iteration of these is the HR3, which has a clear, slightly wider bridele. Do you have that in stock? Thanks.
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John Williamson
- 2/10/2021
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does the top screw up and down to tune
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Richard Fehrle
- 5/19/2021
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Are these the latest red, white and blue reeds?
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Paul
- 7/13/2021
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how do you adjust the drone for efficiency? Please explain the parts on the drone valve. Thank you, major Steve Pace, PS reeds fell out and into the bag during shipping, bridles on all 3 reeds were compromised. 1 618 572 1083
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Steve Pace
- 7/17/2021
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Jon: Could you please confirm this is Bruce Hitchings' latest version, the HR3? Thanks.
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John Williamson
- 9/16/2021
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Do these reeds wear out …, I have been using the Balance Tone Drone Reeds … love them … mine are several years old. Recently having trouble with my base drone.. please Advise… is it time to get a new set ?
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Anna Campbell
- 10/4/2021
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where do these drone reeds pitch in comparison to the Bflat version. My pipes play at or near Concert Bflat
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Bob Cameron
- 3/11/2022
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