If anyone can play at Miss Jaclyn McMahon's wedding ceremony? The wedding will be held on October 1 in Banner Elk, NC.
If so, please contact jamcmahon85@yahoo.com
TIA
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- Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:30 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Miss Jaclyn McMahon's wedding in Banner Elk October 1?
- Replies: 0
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- Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:46 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Fingering question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1520
Re: Fingering question
I finger E as if I am playing an on the knee E but raise the chanter off the knee and use a bit more bag pressure than usual.
I haven't had any luck with half holing.
I haven't played any fast stuff using the off the knee F nat, I use it in slow airs.
I haven't had any luck with half holing.
I haven't played any fast stuff using the off the knee F nat, I use it in slow airs.
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:31 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: WTB: Ezee-drone reeds
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3287
Re: WTB: Ezee-drone reeds
Phil, on your composite reed bodies, do you use the inserted/soldered rod strictly as a handle, or do you insert it all the way into the tube so that it gets filed down along with the lay, perhaps to prevent the walls of the tube from getting squashed? Seems like the latter would make for harder fi...
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:26 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Your favorite pitch?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5700
Re: Your favorite pitch?
I wish I could say that.gedpipes wrote:Favourite pitch has to depend on the mood and who I'm playing with
- Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:30 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Audience reaction to Uilleann pipes.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4754
Re: Audience reaction to Uilleann pipes.
I have been asked "Where are the batteries?"
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:10 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Your favorite pitch?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5700
Re: Your favorite pitch?
Of course, If I had my way, I would pick one of each, please.
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:13 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Unmodified in Tune Pipes?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2345
Re: Unmodified in Tune Pipes?
Everybody has humidity problems (Oboes play wet reed, UP plays dry reeds) and you can force the chanter to be in tune, but you may have to make two reeds, one reed in 65 Deg F weather, another in 90 deg F. All you can do is delay the response of the reed to the humidity by one or more "weatherp...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:32 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Ornamentation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1131
Re: Ornamentation
All you ever wanted to know about ornamentation but were afraid to ask:
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Join the Irish Pipers Club and download all the PDF files for the back issues. Welcome to the dark side..
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:25 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: the perils of reedmaking
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2820
Re: the perils of reedmaking
I play a C 3/4 frankenset (3 different makers) and I believe/know that flat sets are easier to reed. I use the wet/dry sandpaper that I get from automobile supply store and my coarsest is 220 grit. I rough sand with that, raise the grain by wetting and thoroughly drying it under a 40 watt incandesce...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:16 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Reedmaking (beginner's question)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2634
Re: Reedmaking (beginner's question)
You don't need a whole lot of staples and I would think that Pat would make you some staples for a reasonable price. Then you don't really need to use a mandril unless you need to adjust the eye shape or the narrow diameter of the eye. I wouldn't think that would be needed with Pat's chanter and sta...
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Reedmaking (beginner's question)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2634
Re: Reedmaking (beginner's question)
If the reed is flat overall, that's an indication that the reed is overscraped. In the reedmaking classes I took in '96-7, the attempted fix is to chop "2 spider's legs" off the lips. Do you have the video "The Heart of the Instrument" ? That gives you several approaches to reedm...
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:33 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: How short can full sets be disassembled to?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2713
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:28 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: What note does your bass drone play without the top on?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2548
Re: What note does your bass drone play without the top on?
I think BK prefers a brass body and a spruce tongue now. He made one for Jerry O'Sullivan when I took reedmaking in 1997 at Elkins, WV. Jerry said it was the best behaved baritone reed he had ever played.
- Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:09 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: What note does your bass drone play without the top on?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2548
Re: What note does your bass drone play without the top on?
My Hillmann bass drone is just a few cents sharp of G. I put a short extention on it and it gives a new perspective, but I don't use it that often
- Tue May 24, 2011 7:15 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Newbie Help requested
- Replies: 1
- Views: 852
Re: Newbie Help requested
Check out this recent thread: Tuning Question