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I think when horror-writer Stephen King chooses regulators as the subject matter for one of his tomes, the uilleann piping fraternity should not be too surprised. I spotted this in a Dublin bookstore recently: http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/935266_360725040695611_1974755923_n.jpg (I m...

This is the stuff I use, from Radionics:

http://radionics.rs-online.com/web/c/?s ... &x=21&y=19

Apologies gentlemen- I've changed the access setting- I hope you can see it now?

The great Heather Clarke had a spin on a half set of pipes I made recently while we were practicing to play for the wedding of mutual friends last weekend. You can check out Heather playing The Hag at the Spinning Wheel here: http://ceolpipes.com/audio-video.

From The Sean Reid Journal Volume 2: List of pipe-makers updated. Mark Walstrom: http://www.seanreidsociety.org/SRSJ2/list%20of%20pipe-makers,%20updated.pdf This follows on from: A list of makers to circa 1940 by Mark Walstrom which was published in The Sean Reid Journal Volume 1: http://www.seanrei...

1,015 tin whistlers on Keel Beach, Achill Island, Co. Mayo: July 31st 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sx7MnhPhh8

As Kevin says, the rate of vibrato required to produce the effect is too quick to be done by simply wiggling the index finger. My understanding of the process in slow motion is as follows: You need to shake your forearm rapidly, through a tiny angle, back and forth (out and back from your body). Thi...

Planktease?

The winner was a young Italian guy who lives in Limerick and who's name escapes me (Martemo?)- he played really well on a full Froment set- lots of nice reg work throughout. He was sporting at least 2 ear-rings more than Willie Clancy ever wore :wink: Joey Abarta played with a lovely, controlled sty...

Uilliam- You have made my day! I read the article about piping Gardai and the name Sean O'Leary jumped out at me. I have been trying to find out about this man for years. Until now all I knew about him was that he had a set of pipes made for him by Willie Rowsome in 1924, and that in 1928 he came se...

More than 10 years ago I had a spin on an aluminium chanter that had been made (I think) by Des Seery. Apparently it took a large toll on his reamers and was therefore a once off experiment. It played well and sounded fine- bright and metallic as you would expect. At the time it was in the possessio...

It's actually "The Green Fields of Rossbeigh".

I could be wrong, but I don't think thats Martin McCormack . . .

Brilliant Eran: I love it

For anyone looking for a good piping school over the Summer I would recommend the under-publicised Scoil Acla which takes place on Achill Island, Co. Mayo from July 28th until august 3rd. The teachers are Robbie Hannan and Tommy Keane. For more details you can check out the Scoil Acla website: http:...

There is a reel called "The nine pint coggie" that I learned from Sean Og Potts. Sean said a "coggie" is a drinking vessel, and a nine pint coggie is a large drinking vessel.

"Coggie" isn't a million miles from "Cook".