Adding a new instrument 1. Create a new score and use the instruments dialog to add bagpipes. 2. In the score select an entire bar of the bagpipes staff (select a note and press Ctrl+Shift+A). This is important because it will save you having to hunt through the lists in the dialog that you're about to open. 3. From the menus choose house style > Edit instruments 4. Bagpipes should be selected. 5. Press Alt+N. 6. A warning box opens asking if you want to create a new instrument based on bagpipes. 7. Press Yes. 8. The new instrument dialog will open. This dialog has a lot of options. If you can, you should set them all because it makes the instrument easier to work with. The important ones are the name options, clef options and the use sound for playback options. You won't need to worry about editing the staff itself because this is already suitable for a wind instrument.