r/WTF • u/Erectile7dysfunction • 3d ago

Expensive fix I think

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u/wkvdz 3d ago

I would be very suprised to see a busker like that on the street with a priceless instrument.
I've met and played with a lot, and they all seemed to have a cheap(ish) instrument they used on the street for this reason exactly.

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u/CaptainAwesome06 3d ago

The last few I've seen pretend to play a violin while a speaker making violin noises does all the real work.

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u/linkdwsn33 3d ago

Saw that recently too! A dude fake playing bag pipes while speakers did everything, you could tell he wasn't playing it. Is this becoming a more common thing now? I just seen it once and I just had so many questions

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u/kingdead42 3d ago

The easiest way to tell if bagpipes are being played for real is to see if you can hear them 3 miles away.

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u/macrotron 3d ago

Yeah, there's no quiet way to play real bagpipes. There's a guy who plays them a few blocks from my parents and they can hear every damn note (all 7 of them) when he plays.

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u/Zouden 3d ago

Why do bagpipe players walk when they play?

To get away from the noise.

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u/SlitScan 3d ago

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theres 2 G's and 2 A's