Trust me on this: bagpipes should not be played indoors. On Saturday evening we went to a concert by the Celtic band the Rogues at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Oxford. There's a reason why bagpipes were traditionally used as a "shock-and-awe" tactic in battle back in the olden days: they can be overwhelmingly loud.
As soon as the two pipers and two drummers started playing, two little girls in the audience dashed down the side aisle of the church, covering their ears. The din was deafening. We tried to get our money's worth, but after 20 minutes the desire to preserve our hearing won out. Even so, my ears were ringing the rest of the evening.
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