In this he was joined by Pipe Sergeant Angus J MacLellan, two times gold medal winner, of the College of Piping in Glasgow and formerly of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, who has, it is said, the finest ear in Scotland. Year in year out Angus travelled from Glasgow to Arran to test and check the latest sound. And it was not until he had finally approved what he heard that Henry was able to make his first set for sale. Dunfion is not a factory or assembly line production, far from it. Each set of pipes is made in the traditional manner and personally stamped with care and attention from one of the masters of the art.
Henry produces true craft in an age when such is almost a thing of the past.
Everything at Dunfion is made to an exacting standard and there is absolutely no compromise with quality. That said you will still find that these traditional Great Highland Bagpipes come in a wide range and are very competetively priced. Nobody has to wait more than six weeks for completion of his bagpipes. The normal chanter from Dunfion is made from African Blackwood and it is finished with an oil coating for years of use, not the usual quick coat of laquer. Look inside the chanter and you will see that the finish here has had just as much attention lavished upon it as anywhere else.