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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Ebay Items
- Replies: 1854
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Re: Ebay Items
Pipes and bellows definitely made by Robbie, the bag doesn't look like one of his though, neither does the positioning of the stocks. From the turning and ornamentation I would guess late 1980ies. The outside leather hinge on the bellows as well as the hose connector might be a later addition. Whate...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The Road to Ballyalla
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1793
Re: The Road to Ballyalla
You are perfectly right Kenny - McKenna's no.2 - I got them mixed up. Thanks very much!
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Anyone know the maker of this chanter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1353
Re: Anyone know the maker of this chanter?
Sorry Rich, I have no idea - you might want to ask in the "Uilleann Pipemakers" group on facebook, also, Kenneth McNicholl might know better than me.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Non-Uilleann Piping
- Topic: Bagpipes bag sewing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 901
Re: Bagpipes bag sewing
Hand sewing is (of course) entirely possible, it is time-consuming, hard and boring work, nevertheless you need to pay full attention to every single stitch. If you follow instructions be sure you follow them exactly, any shortcuts might (and most probably will) lead to failure. For low to medium pr...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The Road to Ballyalla
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1793
Re: The Road to Ballyalla
The first part of the first reel is a version of "The Connemara Stocking" or "Apples in Winter", the second part is from a different tune I can't think of at the moment.
The second reel is Hughie Travers' No. 2.
The second reel is Hughie Travers' No. 2.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:59 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Anyone know the maker of this chanter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1353
Re: Anyone know the maker of this chanter?
Many years ago I saw a chanter by Jim Daly of Glasgow, if my memory serves me right, it looked quite similar.
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: MacLeod and Harris Chanter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1966
Re: MacLeod and Harris Chanter
I have never heard of MacLeod and Harris - is it possible you mean Hughes and McLeod of Downpatrick, later Strangford? If so, no, they are not in business anymore AFAIK, Ken McLeod passed away some five years ago, I'm not sure if Robbie Hughes is still around, but if so he must be well in his sevent...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Louder whistle with tapered bore?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5460
Re: Louder whistle with tapered bore?
Isn't it all about perception, really?
Sheer physical parametres won't help you in a playing situation.
Perceivable tone is more than just a combination of frequencies and measurable volume.
Sheer physical parametres won't help you in a playing situation.
Perceivable tone is more than just a combination of frequencies and measurable volume.
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Louder whistle with tapered bore?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5460
Re: Louder whistle with tapered bore?
As you already mentioned, the second octave is naturally louder than the first, but on my cylindrical Overton low D and low G, as well as on my Goldie high D, I can play the first octave louder than the second (or the second quieter that the first - whichever way you want to put it) - it does take a...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:25 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Rushing the Bore to Flatten Notes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4711
Re: Rushing the Bore to Flatten Notes
A few things got mixed up there. First, the oboe player changing the internal volume of his oral cavity can not at all be compared to rushing the bore - the equivalent to the oral cavity would be the wind chamber (chanter cap), as m4malious has already pointed out. Changing the chanter cap can indee...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:28 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: A Mystery Whistle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1728
Re: A Mystery Whistle
It's not a duduk, is it? Moof is right, duduk is a Bulgarian whistle-type instrument. Although (like on most East European whistles) the fipple is usually on the underside of the instrument, every now and then you come across one that has it on the top side. The bore isn't really conical, it is cyl...
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:49 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Left handed UPs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2340
Re: Left handed UPs
I guess it is more about what feels right - the first time ever I got a tin whistle in my hand and having no clue about how to play it, I put my right hand on top because it just felt right to me - I tried the left hand as well and it felt awkward, so since then I play wind instruments left handed. ...
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 7:45 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Is it possible?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7891
Re: Is it possible?
I've seen his bellows after it had been replaced - there were several holes in the gusset!rorybbellows wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:28 am Happens to the greatest, Liam going pretty much hell for leather in this clip. Doesn't take much, a wonky valve or a loosening joint and you are using the bellows like a compressor
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:16 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Small leaks in bag
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2582
Re: Small leaks in bag
It seems to me that there's not a leak in the bag but the tie-in is leaking, which makes a big difference. If the tie-in is of the star shaped kind it is very well possible that it is leaking in one (or more) of the corners, if the tie-in had not been firm enough. The solution would be, untie the st...
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:21 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: WTB: Kelleher bellows connector
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1724
WTB: Kelleher bellows connector
Does anyone by any chance have a defunct Kelleher bellows and would be willing to sell me the connector (both brass parts, the part that’s screwed onto the wooden clapper as well as the one that screws into that)?