Smallpipe drone angles:

[marcpipes]

I've noticed a lot of smallpipes I've seen tend to have the drones facing up towards the chin. I tend to make mine more level over the chest so they rest on the arm. I prefer that so the tenor and barritone aren't blasting in my ear. What way do you prefer?
Marc

[wgority]

For myself, I prefer to have smallpipes drones nice and horizontal across my chest. The same holds true with my border pipes.

Bill

[TheSpoonMan]

It feels wierd if they touch the arm while I'm playing... I get paranoid... I don't like to be touched... *twitch*

No but seriously, I like 'em straight out. Parallel, like wgority said. But then again I've not got to the point where I can play drones other than tenor for very long at a time (too much air, and too hard to tune! I couldn't afford a bellows-blown set, so I got a cheap mouthblown set from a GHB maker)

[Joseph E. Smith]

... so I got a cheap mouthblown set from a GHB maker)

This may be the real problem.

[TheSpoonMan]

... so I got a cheap mouthblown set from a GHB maker)

This may be the real problem.

lol, yeah, but it was either that or nothing. I don't really have much oppurtunities for money.

[The Sporting Pitchfork]

I have rather, er, happy drones. They tend to stick up at a bit of a high angle between my shoulder and my head. This may be because Hamish and Fin made monster reeds for the set and they take a bit more air than most smallpipes.