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Hi Kevin, I understand what you're going through, IMO, don't set yourself too strict a regime, it's supposed to be enjoyable, you can't force it. The 1st 3 things I was taught were 1. to be able to hold a steady note. 2. to play a 1st octave scale closing the chanter between notes, untill I could pl...

The seller probably knows little about flutes or he wouldn't have said made of ebony when it's probably not ebony. I wouldn't trust him. Regarding the flute being made from ebony, if the seller is from France he would probably refer to a flute made from what we would call "African Blackwood&qu...

Boyd, I use a Sony MZ R909 and a Sony ECM-MS907 mic. It's about a year old now. The mic cost almost as much as the recorder. About "digital in", as far as I know that only applies if you use an Optical cable to link the Mini Disc to your CD player to transfer CD's to MD's. I use mine to re...

Hi Brian,
no feathers ruffled as far as I'm concerned.

Cheers, Mac

Kevin, well said, I've never had a problem contacting Davy, or getting a reply. Of course I don't go around phoning, e-mailing etc, etc every 5 mins. How the hell do people expect a maker to get anything done if they keep wasting his time asking stupid questions? :x I hope to get my 1/2 set around t...

Paul Anderson wrote: (now if someone could just teach people in Antrim how to speak english I'd be happy).

Hi Paul, that's not a job I would take on. How's things by the way?

Cheers, Mac

kevin m. wrote:Lets play Devil's Advocate,and wait for the Davy Stephenson predators to bite. Wish I'd brought my Shark repelant!!!

Thought never crossed my mind, You've got cynical already and you only just got the pipes.


Best, Richard

Hi Kevin,
great news, it is difficult at the start but at least you've got a good set to start with. Do you think you'll get some pics up? I'd be interested to see the style of the chanter, holly looks really well with dark wood trim. Hope you enjoy them.

Best, Richard

Hi,
I think it's like "Sleeve na Mon" at least thats how I've heard it in North Antrim.

Cheers, Mac

Loren wrote:Does this make sense to anyone?Loren

No it doesn't, which makes sense if you know what I mean. You've probably seen this before, have a reminder and a laugh,

http://alt.venus.co.uk/weed/humour/gm.htm

Have a nice Holiday Folks, Mac

Hi Folks,
to all those who helped this year, Thanks, . To those who I've bitched at, you probably deserved it .

Merry Christmas, Mac

Hi, happened again today with me, this time I only cleared Temp Int and Cookies. When I reconnected it was fine. I wonder if it has anything to do with the server your ISP connects you to, assuming they have more than one? Cheers, Mac p.s. I'd like to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas/Holiday :pa...

Hi Loren,
I had that problem yesterday or the day before, as you say the forum would load but it didn't show Avatars, New Posts etc. I cleared History, Temp Int and Cookies, it's been fine since.

Cheers, Mac

Hi, the crann? I use is played with the index and middle finger, I find that it's easier to do on the E note so if you can learn it for E it's exactly the same movement for D, it goes like this. For D XXX XXX XXX XOX XXX XXX XXX OXX XXX XXX For E XXX XXO XXX XOO XXX XXO XXX OOO XXX XXO Writing it do...

Hi, just read your post, what you just said takes guts to say, I respect you for it, you're honest, good luck on becoming a Paramedic. :thumbsup: Mac p.s. Cran, just read your post so to be clear, I'm not saying you're not honest, You always say what you think, 90% of the time I disagree but who car...