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Maybe Davy! would like to put some clips and snips of himself playing these lovely composit regulator reeds which he swears by? :wink: I'd certainly like to hear them especially the brass ones, all these wonderful compisit reeds all played together in a nice air or reel?, I certainly would'nt play t...

What an absolute load of shight, and what top makers would these be?.

"Mean while back on EARTH", am I missing something here, WHATS the
problem with making regulator reeds from cane, Feck sake.

Well if he has'nt made regulators before that might be the problem, for the delay, making good regs can test a pipemaker, not as easy as one might think, getting them playing right in key. all the best.

one of my own sets.

Tablet & Gel form and both very handy, with piping. all the best.

Waiting for prices Chris, is very Scary stuff.

Hi Sam, I have seen two or three pipemakers working with a metalwork lathe and they don't use a side rest, they use a cutting tool in the tool post, :-? as I have mentioned before Sam were not making parts for NASA, were turning wood here, my converted Record CL0 woodturning lathe is more than sturd...

John! you don't need a metal work lathe to make a good reamer :-? you just need to know what you are doing. :wink: The metal lathe owners may have it, it certainly dos not mean that the best pipes are made on them tho, its a pretty sad state of affairs when wood has to be turned on a metal work lath...

No doudt about it, straight bar always.

Certainly a nice looking set, "but" when are we going to hear them.

I find Metall schulz a little on the expensive side Chris, :sniffle: I bought one meter X 10mm x 1mm wall thickness of nickle silver tubing, cost around £90 with the postage, very expensive,£30 a foot, there nickle silver tubing would be much better with a 0.75mm or 0.80mm wall thickness, much less ...

If it were me, I 'd go for the ebony or one of the rosewood's, I have seen to many warped & split boxwood chanters. spend your hard earned money wisely. all the best.

Not all uilleann ferrules are conical, but cylindrical tube can be made conical, very quickly, it all depends who's working the tools.all the best.

Well said nemethmik, :wink: at last, that is my exact point, don't waist any money on fancy decoration till you have had time to learn or play the chanter you have bought for a period of time, only a good sounding playable chanter with as good as sounding set, deserves any fancy decoration, if any i...