Hans-Joerg wrote: I´m plannig to have the chanter filled and rereamed since it is "butchered" anyway, so that after the restauration the set will not only be a pleasure to look at but also to reed (and consequently to play). ...
HI Hans!
I hesitate to tell you what to do with your new purchase, but I hope you reconsider the above plan. Even if/though the chanter has been thoroughly butchered, there may be bits of information to be gleaned from what's left. In cases where part of an instrument isn't restorable (and by "restore" I don't include irreversible changes), I think it's better to replace. It wouldn't take more effort IMO to replace the chanter outright than it would to fill/re-ream/etc., and the end result might be more musically satisfactory. The resemblance to the original, if the chanter is filled and rebored, would be only cosmetic anyhow.
I have some concerns that this kind of logic can be taken too far, too, though I don't accuse you of this kind of thinking, i.e. "the finger holes were enlarged, so I might as well get it re-bored" but it's a slippery slope. There's almost nothing left of Scott's work anyway, it would be a shame to lose even what fragmentary knowledge could be gleaned from an already-mistreated chanter.
best regards
Bill