Love the Henderson Tone, Craftsmanship, & Low Maintenance!, February 21st, 2014 08:59 pm
By: David Locky(Piper ) Read my other reviews
I love my Dunbar P2Cs -- they look beautiful with their fine turning and have enough bling with the celtic engraving and artificial ivory to satisfy me (at this point) -- the workmanship is excellent, and everything fits together nicely.

There appear to be a number of versions of Dunbar (poly and ABW) out there with respect to the beading and combing. The ones I have are the model with the two-line scribe marks on a small unturned area on the drone tuning area. This is the best design, IMHO, and is the one Henderson used off-and-on from the 1920s to the 1960s -- very distinctive.

I love the tone and harmonics of these pipes! It doesn't matter if I am using a Bflat chanter around 466 or a band chanter closer to 480 -- the harmonics are absolutely sublime. Many shun poly pipes but that is undeserved, IMHO. I have played ABW Nails, Gibsons, and 1940s Robertsons, and while those are top notch, lovely-sound pipes, I would not trade their tone for the tone of my Dunbars -- I suppose I am a Henderson man. These pipes tune easily and lock-in nicely and stay there.

I love my pipes, and although I may someday get some ABW pipes, it will not be to replace my Dunbar P2Cs -- these are keepers. Beautiful, excellent workmanship, deep, rich Henderson tone, and virtually maintenance free -- what's not to like? Highly recommended!