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Hi folks! BC Childress here. I am selling the B-Pitched full set that has been my personal set for about 10 years now. Here is the description: The drones and regulators are kingwood and brass with boxwood mounts. The decoration is full mounts and ferrules. The Mainstock is cocobolo It has a Taylor ...

That will do! Thank you both very much!

Hey all! Any recommendations for an Uilleann Pipes tutor that includes comprehensive instruction on regulator playing?

Cheers,
BC

Chanter key springs: 1/8" diameter, 3/8" Length, .016" Wire gauge. Regulator short keys: 1/8" diameter, 1/2" Length, .016" Wire gauge. Regulator long keys: 1/8" diameter, 3/8" Length, .018" Wire gauge. All "compression springs". Suppliers: MSC D...

rgouette wrote:

until you master the bellows/bag

unless of course, you're Bruce Childress, and you run the things from a helium tank....

didn't he do that a while back?

Yes. He did. Has the same affect on a reed as it does vocal chords.

4 of the 5 photos, on the "Products" page, are of sets I made. Weird and unethical.

In-tune is sweet and mellow at any volume.

Yep Yep, indeed. He sent me some. Good cane.

Paddy sometimes references my Paddy Keenan story on stage. I am afraid that if I related it here, he will stop referencing it. He was quite taken with (what was then) the world's largest free standing wooden chair (24 feet tall, I think) in Gardner, MA. He mentioned getting up there with the pipes f...

Sad news, indeed. I never had the honor to meet him in person. Those sparkling stainless-steel pipes shone across the pond in his stead was the next best thing. What an inspiration!

Thank you, Alain.

..Just don't use it for the first octave C Natural. Period. You'll be glad you didn't. Don't use your fingertips to grip the chanter. You'll be glad you didn't. Choke up towards the neck of the bag when squeezing it. You'll be glad you did. Don't F*** with your reed. Call me. You'll be glad you did....

Get well very soon, Benedict. And thanks for the heads-up, David.

The chanter (bottom right) was in ABW as, according to BC, the Kingwood was difficult to work with. Pity, as it's a gorgeous looking wood. Not so much that it was difficult to work with, In terms of lathing and cutting. It is a difficult wood to accurately finish the bore, and consequently didn't m...

I'll be there. Can't wait!

I heard the news a few days ago. I am only getting around to comment now, that I will certainly miss the Guitar genius of Micheal O'Dohmnaill. Even more I will miss that brilliantly controlled voice on "The Death of Queen Jane" and "Casiagh an t'Gaighn" May he rest in peace. Inte...