Thanks for making an inquiry about starting out on the pipes. As a maker and seller of bagpipes, I'd be happy to sell you a set right off. However, as teacher and player, I think that this might be doing you a disservice. As a teacher, when you get a new student, the first thing you start them off on is a practice chanter. There is a good reason for this. Playing the pipes involves thinking about and developing several skills at once, and the best approach is to deal with these things one at a time, in a series of progressive studies. Traditionally, starting on the practice chanter compels you to work on your brain-to-finger circuitry, and allows you to get to the music first. This is a good thing in a number of ways: 1] you don't have to deal with the mechanics of the pipes themselves - blowing/squeezing, bag maintenance, reed care and maintenance, drone care and maintenance, tuning, blowing and so on; You can get to the music first, which is the essence of what the pipes are for; you can, for a relatively small investment -$45-75 and up - find out how serious you want to get before you buy a complete instrument costing $700 or more -not many instruments offer this way of starting out the learning process. So, while I'm not saying I won't sell you a set of pipes, I am saying I would prefer to sell you a practice chanter first! At the very least, I want to have a clear conscience selling you an instrument, knowing that you are making an informed decision. Further, I really recommend lining up a teacher to get you started. While there are tapes and videos [we have one of those] that you can work on your own with, there is no substitute for a good teacher - underline good in that sentence! Expect to spend the first 6 months to a year on the practice chanter before you are ready to start thinking about the pipes. This is figuring a minimum of 20-30 minutes a day. The more time you can find, the faster you progress of course.... Any learning that involves muscles as well as mind requires constant reinforcement/patterning. I think that is why 2 shorter sessions a day are better than one longer one. The ideal is to incorporate a couple of 15-39 minute sessions in your daily routine. Musicians have to get more out of their day than normal people!