The chanter incorporates two single reeds, one in each bore.
The single reeds are made from a single section of the cane.
These selectors used a tuning fork resonator rather than a simple single reed.
The sounds are made by a single or, more commonly, double reed which vibrates when air is blown over it.
There is power in numbers, just as a single reed becomes unbreakable when joined to its fellows.
The single reed is held tightly against the mouthpiece by a ligature.
All single reeds are shaped similarly but vary in size to fit each instrument's mouthpiece.
Some professionals make single reeds from "blanks", but this is time-consuming and can require expensive equipment.
Every single reed used in its construction had been selected by the master thatchers.
It consists of a bag made most often from goat skin and a double-chanter with two single reeds.