A thoughtful look at the world of bagpipes and bagpipe competitions from the outskirts of Washington, DC

A new use for bagpipes?

One of my favorite blogs is There I Fixed It, a collection of kludges and impromptu fixes from the I Can Has Cheezburger family of websites. This was posted on it this afternoon:

I still can’t get over the fact that the pipes just wouldn’t work for this job, for several reasons. First, the air pressure in the bag (maybe 1.5 psi) is significantly less than that of a tire (20 psi or so). Air goes from high pressure to low, so if anything it would flow back into the bag. Second, too much air would be lost from the drones and the holes on the chanter that the air pressure at the bottom of the chanter is definitely not enough to inflate the tire.

People and their misconceptions drive me crazy.

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