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I posted something about this years ago on this forum and was just thinking about it again. big reeds, small reeds There is another set of dimensions of Liam O'flynns reed as measured by David Quinn, that I copied from David Dayes website years ago. Interestingly the dimensions are completely differ...

I was just thinking about how in a previous post ive inquired to see if anyone can pipnpoint the cause or causes of the bottom D gurgle ( somtimes low e gurgle and very difficult lower octave as well) , which has been a steady annoying problem for me. I was thinking that maybe the "vibrational ...

bill, whan you say smaller staple, do you mean shorter or narrower? do narrower staples play flatter? talking about fitting reeds to chanters, I was only implying that smaller reeds in general play sharper. shorter equals sharper, and narrower head usually means sharper. it never seems to be that si...

Ive heard people talk about large "paddle" head reeds and am curious to learn more. pat skys description of liam oflynns reed makes it sound like somthing worth tying (largest, ugliest, best sounding and easiest to play), but to my knowledge there isnt any published method for making this ...

another funny thing about reedmaking is somtimes somthing happens which makes you question everything you think youve learned so far. couple days ago I made a reed and decided to relax on the measurements a bit and just eyeballed it till the sides looked right while sanding the slip. I took a quick ...

seagull, I am with you, take the plunge, the waters not as bad as you think. I resisted learning this for way too long, it has opened up a world of possibilities. if you are truly going to do this, do it right and spend your money on the stuff you need to make as many reeds as you want. it definatel...

as for templates go I have a bunch and they are quickly made out of thicker plastic sheet from the hobby store. ( I have a bunch of thicknesses as I use for drone tongues also...)I have templates for 4in. slips, bottleneck and standard rowesome 4 1/2in. they all work to some degree, I havnt found a ...

so what about having an in tune easily attainable second octave? and a non gurgling bottom d as well easy hard d that is also nearly in tune? these are my biggest problem areas, the e's and back d are always fun also. so anyone planning reedmaking classes out there simply cancel them because reedmak...

has anyone out there had any moment where they had a deep insight into what they where either doing wrong or right with there reedmaking? Eureka, Eureka I have found it! I have found it! I have never had a breakthrough moment but here are some small things that equal a big thing in my mind. I found ...

are there any surviving tools known to have been used by any of the great early makers (or any of the greats for thtat matter)? I remember reading somwhere that most of the early pipes where made with ground bayonets as reamers. these would be more equivilent to flatstock reamers that many makers se...

just curious then why sticking a roll of cork in the bottom of a chanter also helps hard d? these would seem to cancel one another out.

one curious thing I have noticed is the short fairly steep taper change just below the throat of many concert chanters (and maybe flat chanters as well not sure) almost as if the makers where intentionally narrowing the throat, or opening up the upper bore. this as well as the flaring at the end of ...

I have some pictures of two chanters I made side by side showing the similarities, but cant figure out how to post I have a mac and the directions I found are for pc. one on the left is based on the ginsberg and the other from dimensions from david days website from the quinn oflynn copy.

I should note that I am not coming from a place of great knowledge on what signifigance a couple of mm here and there means, (but it definately means more in some places than others) or anything else to do with pipe design generally cause Im pretty amateur. I quickly compared the lengths and placeme...

I have the ginsberg plans and have compared the regulators with the dimensions from david quinns cd-rom for a rowesome set. both the tenor and baritone are within 1 or 2 mm in every dimension! I didnt check the bass. the chanter dimensions are also nearly the same as the famous oflynn rowesome chant...