Chiff and Fipple Forums

I'm not much of an expert on flutes, but I just received an Irish flute from Bryan Poe, and I'm pretty impressed. It's easier to hit low D than my Sweet flute, has lots of volume, and the finish is great. And at the price Bryan is charging, I think it's a great value. Plus, you can defend yourself i...

I play uilleanns... have a David Quinn chanter, an Angus narrow bore chanter and a Lynch half set. I also have a 1/2 set from Seth Gallagher in C coming this summer. There is a VERY active uilleann piping board if you wish to join. It's at uilleann@listserve.heanet.ie
dave

I find that copper has a pretty warm sound to it, regardless of how I work it. Silver can actually be even warmer, quite milky in tone. Copper is supposedly a bear to work, but is also the cheapest and most easily available material....what takes forever is developing a fipple/blade shape that can r...