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Due to the cost of the raw materials and the precision required in the manufacture Highland bagpipes are not cheap. As a rule £500 or US$900 would be the starting price on a good set of pipes. All quality Scottish made bagpipes use African Blackwood (also used for all orchestrial woodwind instruments).
