None of my characters have much performance skill and iirc bagpipes are a relatively high difficulty instrument so they probably require a good chunk of performance skill ranks to make a repair.
What timezone/days do you generally play? Do you have a gwethdesuan for ESP (psychic) communication?
If you're around Crossing and ingame at the moment; go out the west gate, go trail, Northeast, East and Bandhur who won't be able to fix bagpipes can help you track someone down.
