Practice Chanters (R 101)

Gibson Practice Chanters are musical instruments in their own right. Pitched to 466 Hz (B flat), these instruments are known for their brilliant musical tone and exceptional balance from the bottom hand to top hand.  Consequently, they teach a correct and balanced pipe scale right from the beginning. Too many practice chanters are either pitched incorrectly or are simply unpleasant to listen to. The holes on Gibson practice chanters are spaced just as the pipe chanter, so students learn the correct finger position from day one.

You cannot learn on an instrument that is not tuned properly. It is in your best interest to invest in a quality instrument that will last you a lifetime - such as the fully engraved solid nickel model that is displayed here to the right!

Click the above  image for a Closer Look at our Practice Chanter Selection

Materials; - Our most popular models R-101 and R-101A are made from Delrin Engineering plastic due to their lower cost, yet have an excellent sound.

Coca Bola is a very musical beautiful dense tonal wood very close to African Blackwood; Many pipers feel it is slightly sweeter in its sound. Its beautiful rustic multi coloring makes it a very attractive chanter that everyone will be proud to own. Yet it is lower in cost, in comparison to African Blackwood. Coca Bola comes from Mexico, and darkens with age.

 African Blackwood (Mpingo) comes from Africa as the name implies, it’s a very dense wood and takes at least 80 years to grow. History has shown that African Blackwood is the preferred and, most popular wood for musical instruments but it is also the most expensive, due to its high demand, and availability. All Gibson practice chanters come with our very popular custom engineered synthetic reed for greater quality of sound and longevity, although these practice chanters will sound great with most makes of reeds.