The Bannatyne Canister System (In Stock)
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2.00 poundsA silica gel based moisture control system giving longer playing time, excellent airflow, no restriction to chanter reed, great starts and stops, easy to install with direct connection to stocks, easily adjustable to suit any climate and easily adjustable to suit wet or dry blower.
Comes complete with spare canister and extra gels.
Canister can be supplied without the stock cups at the standard price. Please advise in the additional information field at checkout if this is required
Willie McCallum - I have been using Bannatyne bags since 2009 and have always been impressed with the quality of the bags, their consistency and the sizes available. I was led down this path as other synthetic bags I had previously used were never that comfortable, although I was completely sold on using a synthetic bag, due to me being a wet blower.
The Bannatyne Hide Zip bag is my bag of preference as it gives me the sense of substance under the arm and at the same time allows me the opportunity to use the Canister Moisture Control System to give complete stability of the drones.
Using the bag and moisture control system gives me maximum control over the quality and stability of my bagpipes.
The bags have long lasting quality and as of yet, I haven’t had to replace a bag. Their performance has been so consistent that I have never looked at another bag since.
I was so impressed with the bag that I asked Craig if he could make me a particular shape of bag to suit me individually and this has given me more comfort for long performances.
I find this new shape excellent and it gives more comfort generally and more freedom to the left hand, at the same time has helped prevent slippage of the bag.
PLEASE NOTE: The silica gels are orange in color when we ship them to you but they do tend to take on moisture during the shipping process and may arrive off orange all the way to black in color just follow the directions below on how to dry the gels and the orange color will return.
If you were using your gels with the Bannatyne Canister we recommend putting them into the oven at 100C, heating for 45 minutes.
If you were using them for the Dri-Flo system we recommend roughly 160°C, heating for 15-20 minutes.
We also suggest that customers change their gels every 6 months.
Why do I need a moisture control system?
Ever hear the saying, "Keep your powder dry"? Well Pipers should have a saying,
"Keep your reeds dry"! The drier you can keep your reeds the longer and steadier
you can play.
Most of us play synthetic drone reeds and a cane pipe
chanter reed. Once you tune a set of synthetic drone reeds they will pretty much
stay tuned. The reason you have to keep re-tuning them is not that the drone
reeds have gone out of tune but rather the pipe chanter reed has changed its
pitch. The pipe chanter reed being made of cane will take on, and shed moisture.
When you play your pipes the moisture from your breath condenses inside the bag
and is soaked up by the pipe reed thus changing the reed's pitch. Then you have
to readjust your drones to match the new chanter pitch. The more the pipe
chanter reed changes pitch the more you have to re-tune your drone reeds. If you
could have your pipe chanter take on just enough moisture to give you the ideal
pitch and then have it stay there, you would not have to keep re-tuning the
drone reeds. That's what water traps
are all about- keeping the pipe chanter reed dry, and to a lesser
extent keeping the drone reeds dry.
Hide Pipe Bags are limited to
the water traps you can use; I can only think of two.
The First -
Stock Water trap - This bagpipe water trap is fitted inside the blowpipe stock
and forms a well inside the stock in which the water is trapped. The
disadvantage to this type of trap is that you have to empty it very regularly.
The Second - A removable water trap . This bagpipe water trap has a two part
blowpipe stock; one part of the stock is tied into the pipe bag. The second part
of the stock fitted with a long plastic tube fits inside the stock section tied
into the bag. The plastic tube runs inside the pipe bag along the bottom and up
the back of the bag. This plastic tube traps excess water and can be emptied
after playing. The two part stock also allows you to remove the bagpipe water
trap when you season the pipe bag, and also for easy removal of the tube for
cleaning.
Synthetic zipper bags - Can use the water traps discussed above plus a few
more. Tone Enhancers- Fit into the bottom of the drone stock. They are fitted
with filters and desiccant to remove moisture as the air passes through them
keeping your drone reeds dry. The wetter your drone reeds become the more likely
they will be to shut off. Canister systems - Are a central canister with tubes connecting it to all
three of the drone stocks plus the chanter stock. The moist air must pass
through the canister filled with a drying desiccant before going on to any of
the reeds.
Some other bagpipe maintenance to help keep your reeds dry.
After playing stop and dry all the bores with a pull through or brushes. Remove
the pipe chanter and cap the reed with a chanter stock. Leave the chanter stock
and blowpipe stock open when you store your bag to allow the bag to dry. Don't
lick the pipe reed before playing.
Caution: - When using a
bagpipe water trap or tube trap of any type make sure the bore is large enough
not to restrict your air pressure