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for anyone else who might stumble upon this thread way up here in 2013 and be interested in information on Nick Whitmer's pipes, etc., i'd like to offer that his website is now at http://whitmerpipes.com/.



Ian

AlanB wrote:I couldn't cope with a bag you don't squeeze.

well, the description says, "A "bag" of similar volume to the real that it does not need be blown, though yes pressed."

i'm pretty sure that means you squeeze it.

walt

After working at the whistle for a while, I decided that playing Irish music was something I really wanted to do and was committed to learning, and it was worth committing hours of practice to. From there it was a much easier jump to saying..."yep, I really could learn the pipes." yeah......

Good instruments cost good money whatever you'd like to play. unless you like to play the tin whistle, from what i read. Clancy and more recently John Rooney started out on the tin whistle, get to grips with that instrument while you save up for a decent practice set from a reputable maker. yep - t...

Patrick D'Arcy wrote:Pleasse remove this mans crack pipe....

but it's just not a full set without the crack pipe!

thank you, Pat, for your time and for sharing your knowledge. i'm going to print out your post and use it as a reminder for what i need to do. :)

walt

And as I said above, you'll be much better off if you just learn to play the whistle well and then kit yourself out with a workable practice set. But that's obviously not what you want to hear so good on you and work away to your hearts content :D ! yes, Peter, you're right - there is definitely an...

No E wrote:Plaintiger,

Good for you - learn what you can with your cheapy chanter, but just be aware that you can't learn much that way and you need a good practice set ASAP. :D

No E

thank you for the sage advice, my friend! :D

Dude, you have a picture of my C set as your avatar. It's, like, freakin' me out. As if the set is sneaking off to New York while I'm away at work. :P heehee! :D must confess: i "borrowed" that photo from Seth Gallagher's site. i just think it's a dead lovely photo (and as many know now, ...

no, i understand that i'm not really learning the instrument the way i need to; i'm not even learning the *instrument*. what i'm doing is only a little less extreme than "learning the saxophone" by buying a mouthpiece and changing the pitch of the squawk by covering and uncovering the end....

ah, right. understood. and yeah, quick disconnects are a good idea.

have fun! :)

hey, now wait a minute. i've thought about this and i stand by what i said. first i said <b>i've been told</b> that Pakistani sets can be of acceptable quality. do you have a problem with that statement, Patrick? do you have reason to believe i haven't been told that? second, i said that $300.00 for...

Piobairi Uilleann Inis Fa wrote:New York pipers check out www.longislandpipers.com (Cumann na bPíobairí Uilleann Inis Fada, the Long Island Uilleann Pipers Club)

fan-freakin'-tastic! thank you so very much! maybe i wasn't using the right search terms, but i couldn't find any pipering connections on L.I. when i looked.

walt

My Jeep is a 2000 and I wish I would have bought a 90-96 model. I have had valve issues from the start along with coils and plugs. Something about them though, I love my Jeep still. I will probably drive this till it dies and then buy another one. I have no problem off-roading up here. Only expensi...

No Pat he plays a mouth blown chanter with a plastic reed. Sums it about up i would think. guilty as charged. i guess i'm speaking too freely here, from not enough experience (though in fact i never claimed to be speaking from experience). i've heard from *one* player that some Pakistani equipment ...