For Sale: Northumbrian Smallpipe, 4 drones. You can tune the 3 largest to 3 different tones (C-D-E/ F-G-A). The high G drone can be tuned to A. Three chanters:...
Klaus Guhl
klaus-guhl@...
Mar 5, 2005 9:35 am
3710
my personal web page has a new, more user friendly url: http://mysite.verizon.net/BobCameronPiper/index.html...
Last weekend the Wren Trust at Okehampton Devon hosted a major piping event which was well attended. Guest specialist was Michel Esbelin from the Auvergne...
Can you tell us more about Dominic Allen's new D pipes? Does Dominic read this NG? If so, maybe he could tell us himself? thanks, John Dally "Phil Williams" ...
My e-mail address doesn't give it away but I do read this NG! You will find plenty of information about my pipes on my website : www.woodflutes.co.uk I'd be...
... else) may ... I just added a link to your page on our links page, Dominic. You might want to have a look at it and edit it the way you'd like it to appear....
Hello All, This question is for the makers, professional or non.I am looking for some blueprints to make a set of ssp,s in "d".I have already made a working...
Hello people I'm looking for a drone tuner for my set of Ian Kinnear bellows. I would like one with a microphone what you can clip-on the drones. Does anyone...
I attended a fun and informative Scottish Smallpipes workshop with Ian and Mike MacHarg in Vermont last weekend. Mike held a chanter reed making session and we...
So many people seem reticent to bend sheet styrene, but it really is an easy process - just use boiling water. I use it for making my reeds, and it works just...
mcushing@...
marknkate@...
Mar 22, 2005 3:39 am
3720
Traditional music from the north east of England Based in the Deerness Valley, County Durham, HORSEPLAY have a distinctive regional sound that centres on the...
The demo tracks on the web site are very good. This is a new band to me, and I'm very happy to have been introduced to them via their website. I'll be...
I should imagine Deerness Pipes is Paul, as I know he made his own border pipes. I've heard him and Ged once at a session in Durham and must say his pipes...
Friends of The Piper's Gathering, ... We are writing to announce this year's instructors & performers, and I hope you all will be as pleased as we are at the...
Greetings, apologies for cross-posting, and please ignore this message if you are NOT planning to attend the Pipers Gathering at Killington in August as a...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Apr 12, 2005 7:51 am
3727
Matt's messsage referred to his post on Bob Dunsire's from, quoted : This is addressed to those who will be at the Killington Gathering this August and who...
The 'letter' in the Daily mail today quotes me as saying 'The english Bagpipe, unlike the Scottish normally has 2 chanters' Well I thought 'I wouldn't have...
One of the first things they teach journalists in school is that word order can be altered while not changing the meaning. However, journalism students are...
Fiendhandle are playing a concert at the church in Aust (South Gloucestershire U.K.) 8pm Saturday 14th May For details check out: www.fiendhandle.com...
The Pipers' Gathering Friday, August 12 to Monday August 15, 2005 Killington, VT Come and enjoy a weekend full of traditional music played on the bagpipes of...
I purchased these pipes in mid-February 2005 from Jim McGillivray. Jim has authorized me to send any interested parties his way for verification. Please ...
Hello All, Just want to know what key of pipe goes best with fiddle playing.I've got Bb and D.I hope to do some sessioning with some local guys soon.Any tips...
A is best because you're in the same key as the other players. Bb is awkward for fiddlers to play tunes they know in A; D is an easier transposition for them,...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
May 7, 2005 8:42 am
3735
Another vote for Border pipes in A here, D as second choice. most sessions play in D, G and A. D pipes play in D and G, A pipes in A and D. The advantage to A...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
May 7, 2005 3:02 pm
3736
... to be ... this, the ... than any ... bellowspipes-unsubscribe@e... ... on account of the volume, but can it still be done with ssp's,or will I be drowned...
First reply didn't work.Anyway, it makes sense to me why the border pipe is better suited, on account of the volume, but can it still be done with ssp's, or...
In my experience, the answer is "It depends." It depends on the number and loudness of the other instruments, the loudness of your instrument, and, to a...
That's a good reply John. It does indeed depend, but people should be aware of these limitations. When I began piping I didn't have a lot pf people to ask, and...
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