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![]() The Swedish Fagerstrom Technopipes Electronic Great Highland Bagpipe & Smallpipe (shown here in "clear" - also available in black (the most popular color) |
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Anders Fagerstrom, the brilliant Swedish musical electronics engineer, has outdone himself! Long famed for his outstanding electronic Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) practice chanter, the "Technochanter" (see detailed description here), his firm has just released a spectacular full-blown electronic bagpipe, the Technopipes, that emulates a Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe, a Scottish Smallpipe and more, and that fits in a pocket or purse! ![]() Piping on the Fagerstrom Technopipes Since 2006 Fagerstrom "Technopipes" have re-defined the field of electronic bagpipes. This e-pipe is just plain fabulous and represents a huge leap forward over anything else currently available. Its superb sound quality and extensive features would make it a great instrument even if it were bulky and expensive, but it is extremely compact and moderately priced. While the Fagerstrom Technopipes, like the Technochanter, is excellent for use as a practice tool it is also usable as a professional-level performance instrument. The output, either regular audio or MIDI, can be fed to an appropriate amplifier and speaker system or other devices. |
![]() ![]() The TechnoPipes can be hooked into an amplifier system that will blow down a wall, but sometimes just a little speaker is all that's needed, perhaps to play for a student or an instructor, or for the folks in the car pool (careful with that, or you might suddenly be hitchhiking). The problems are that even the smallest portable speakers tend to be large in comparison to the Fagerstrom, and they usually require fussing with a cable. So, portability and convenience are compromised. This nifty little stereo "Minispeaker" is an ideal solution. The Minispeaker plugs directly into the jack at the top of the Technopipes. It runs on two internal AAA batteries, which is convenient as that's the same size the Fagerstrom uses. And this means that very little of the Fagerstrom's battery is consumed. The Minispeaker has an on/off switch. Volume control is via the Fagerstrom. When shutting down it is necessary to unplug the Minispeaker from the TechnoPipe, just the same as with earphones, to turn off the pipe. The Minispeaker works with any version Fagerstrom. (It can also be used with most any MP3 player). Sound quality is quite good considering the tiny size and low cost. It's not loud, of course, but can be heard well in ordinary environments. Build quality is high and it looks nice. Batteries are (gasp!) included! The "Piper's Choice" logo is in the form of a sticker and can be removed if desired. plus $5 domestic US shipping (unless ordered with other things, in which case we only need shipping payment for the main item). See botttom of this page for ordering. |
If you need further help troubleshooting your Technopipes you are always welcome to contact us, whether it is still under the one-year warranty or not. Also be advised that Fagerstrom is extremely good to work with, and in the unlikely event that your older Technopipe needs work they do a complete overhaul for a very reasonable price. |
You may find a slightly lower posted price than ours on the web for the Fagerstrom TechnoPipes. However, be aware that a few low-ball dealers provide no support or direct warranty, overcharge for shipping, charge excessive "re-stocking fees" for returned items, omit necessary accessories, don't keep adequate stock on hand, sell outdated models, don't know the instrument well enough to answer questions (note that Fagerstrom's own site refers visitors to us for information), and are in some instances just plain unfriendly and uncaring. |
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You can also choose to pay by numerous other methods, for example by mailing a check, using PayPal, and so on. For details, including shipping policies, warranties, privacy, return policy, etc., please contact us and/or see the General Ordering Information Page. International customers: Contact us first! We routinely ship all over the world. But if you are ordering from outside the U.S. (other than from an overseas US military address), you must contact us for shipping options and costs before orderimg. IMPORTANT: Please pay attention to the shipping cost options! If you are ordering multiple items, we do not want you to pay additional shipping for each item. You should only pay shipping for the item with the highest shipping cost. To allow you to do this, each item has two "Add To Cart" buttons, one with shipping cost added and one without. If you are purchasing only one item, select the button WITH shipping. If you are purchasing multiple items, use the WITH shipping button only on the item with the highest shipping cost, and use the WITHOUT shipping buttons for the rest. For example, if you are purchasing a No. 2 Practice Chanter Outfit and two spare reeds and a water trap, you would add the outfit to the cart using the button WITH shipping and add the other items using the buttons WITHOUT shipping. When you look at your shopping cart, you should see one, and only one, item in the list that has "plus shipping" after the item name. This little dance may be a bit awkward, but the idea is to keep you from overpaying for shipping. NOTE: You may not see the following format on other product's pages; we are switching to this one page at a time. FAGERSTROM TECHNOPIPE, Color BLACK FAGERSTROM TECHNOPIPE, Color CLEAR SOFT CASE for TechnoPipe AUDIO CABLE, 10 ft., one end 1/8" male stereo, other end 1/4" male monaural (for guitar amps) MINISPEAKER, for all versions of Fagerstrom e-pipes (Note: April, 2014: New model, appearance may differ.) |