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Thanks for your insight into the use of different fingerings, it certainly is an ongoing learning process.

David

Hello
Brazenkaine said:

..........asking of the player all the fingerings that a small holed historical chanter requires.

Would you be so kind as to elaborate on this statement, maybe with a few examples either, in general, or specific to the Hunter B you are refering to.

Thanks, David

Thanks panceltic, that is very interesting and informative, not to mention fun. I just spent an hour working on it.

Cheers, David

Here is some instruction on developing your ear.
http://coyotebanjo.com/music-31.html

Also, if you have access, there was an article or two in the Piper's Review, I will see if I can find it.

Cheers, David

The Stone in the Field is available at
http://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Reck/dp/B000RZA3F0

David

I'd like to add my thanks for your reedmaking book, Pat, and express my interest in any recording of Tommy Reck. I have the Stone in the Field, which I downloaded from a commercial site where it was available at $0.99 a track.

David

I was disassembling a friends reed and found that the staple, which was made of 3/16 o.d. brass tubing had a 1/4" piece of 7/32 o.d. brass tubing over the end of the staple where the eye was formed, thus giving a larger o.d. to the eye. This would add about .024" to the o.d. of the eye, wh...

Thanks to everyone who responded, I will continue the search for that elusive OS that will open my files and report back when I get lucky.

Cheers, David

You are a wealth of information Bill. Now all I have to do is figure out what OS I used originally and hopefully find someone who still uses it, or keep trying the CD's on every computer that I can until I find one that works. If I eventually can access them on another computer, can I then modify th...

Jon wrote: Are you using Vista? I had the same problem with my copy of Vol 2. when I tried to view it on my desktop running Vista. On my old laptop running XP all the files are there! I have Vista now and and I'm not sure what OS I opened them with originally, but it wasn't Vista, so I tried to view...

Hi

You're using a Mac, right?

No. I am using a PC.

I know I had the files originally and since I have replaced my computer in the last six months, maybe there is an issue there?

Are these particular files in a different format than the rest of them?

Cheers, David

To temporarily get rid of the mainstock I would turn a wooden plug, the same diameter and length as the part of the mainstock where it connects to the bag, wrap it with waxed thread and plug it in as you would the mainstock. I have done this for a couple of friends. If you don't have access to a lat...

Hello, When this question was posted "DOes anyone know the throat distance for j kenna set", I went to look it up on my SRS Vol 1 and found that particular folder #1 "An Early Set of Irish Pipes" was missing. I checked the rest of the files on that CD and they were all there. I t...

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Did your extension affect the bell note tone quality or tuning or was the venting large enough to avoid giving it the same problems as the E had?

David