Reed Charts
Pipe Chanter Reeds
We select pipe chanter reeds with care and keep them in a stable, monitored, and safely humidified environment, to provide you with quality reeds that support your best piping.
| Brand | Made In | Notes | Popular Easy Strength | Blade | Staple | Sandable |
| Abedour (Soutar) | UK | Great Easy reed | Yes | Standard eased edge | Seamless brass | Yes |
| Emerald (Soutar) | UK | Brighter, sharper than Abedour | Ridge cut | Seamless Brass | No | |
| Ezee | UK | Precision cut, pre-packaged | Slope | Folded copper | Yes | |
| G1 Original | UK | Great all-around reed | Yes | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No |
| G1 Platinum | UK | Higher, brighter than original | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No | |
| Apps Straight Cut | USA | Midwest regional popularity | Slope | Folded copper | Yes | |
| Gilmour | AU | Slightly flatter, great for B Flat setups | Slope | Seamless brass | Yes | |
| MG | UK | Bright, vibrant, does it all | Yes | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No |
| MacLellan | UK | High-end solo reed | Slope | Folded copper | Yes | |
| MacPhee | UK | Used by top competitors, great with Naill wood | Slope | Folded copper | Yes | |
| Megarity | USA | Full band sound, great with Peter Henderson wood | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No | |
| Melvin | USA | Solid band and solo reed, used worldwide | Yes | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No |
| Melvin BFlat | USA | BFlat setups and vintage chanters | Ridge cut | Seamless brass | No | |
| Shepherd Original | UK | A band favorite for decades | Yes | Slope | Seamless brass | Yes |
| Shepherd B Flat | UK | Ideal for B Flat setups and vintage chanters | Slope | Seamless brass | Yes | |
| Warnock (Chesney) | UK | Great go-to reed, widely compatible, popular band choice | Yes | Ridge Cut | Folded copper | No |
Practice Chanter Reeds
Practice chanter reeds can be divided into 2 main types: narrow blade and wide blade. Narrow blade reeds tend to pair well with UK-made practice chanters, and they to be quieter and difficult to underblow. Wide blade reeds have a more robust sound and are difficult to overblow or shut off.
| Narrow Blades: Abedour, G1, Q1, Frazer Warnock |
| Wide Blades: Abbott, Gibson |
| Practice Chanter | Top Pick | Other Good Reeds |
| Dunbar Poly Child’s | Q1 | Abedour, G1, Frazer Warnock |
| Dunbar Poly Regular | Q1 | Abedour, G1, Frazer Warnock |
| Dunbar Poly Long | Q1 | Abedour, Abbott, Gibson, Frazer Warnock |
| Gibson Poly Reg | Gibson | Abedour, Abbott, Q1, Frazer Warnock |
| Gibson Poly Long | Gibson | Abedour, Abbott, Frazer Warnock |
| Gibson Wood | Gibson | Abbott, Frazer Warnock |
| Hardie Poly Reg | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, G1, Q1 |
| Hardie Poly Long | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, Abbott, G1, Gibson, Q1 |
| MacLellan Wood | Abbott | Gibson, Q1 |
| McCallum Poly Child’s | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, G1, Q1 |
| McCallum Poly Reg | Frazer Warnock | G1, Gibson, Q1 |
| McCallum Poly Long | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, Abbott, G1, Gibson, Q1 |
| McCallum Wood | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, Abbott, G1, Gibson, Q1 |
| Naill Poly Reg | Abedour | G1, Gibson, Q1, Frazer Warnock |
| Naill Poly Long | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, Abbott, G1, Gibson, Q1 |
| Naill Wood | Abbott | Gibson, Q1, Frazer Warnock |
| Piper’s Choice | Q1 | Abedour, G1, Gibson, Frazer Warnock |
| Wallace Poly | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, G1, Q1 |
| Frazer Warnock Child | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, G1, Q1 |
| Frazer Warnock Poly | Frazer Warnock | Abedour, G1, Q1 |