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by uilleannfinlander
Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:35 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: RedWood drone reeds
Replies: 7
Views: 1420

RedWood drone reeds

Anybody tried these... now also made for UP. ( these reeds have quite good feedback from GHB players)
http://www.rwreeds.com/en/reeds
by uilleannfinlander
Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:16 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Reed ease-of-playability versus volume
Replies: 7
Views: 2041

Re: Reed ease-of-playability versus volume

The harder the reed is to play...the louder, flatter and better the tone. Many of the masters such as Paddy Keenan, David Power, Jerry O'Sullivan,etc. play reeds that are so hard that one has to be an athlete to play them. I personally compromise and play the reeds somewhere in the middle. Pat Sky ...
by uilleannfinlander
Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:07 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: what part of the reed
Replies: 2
Views: 679

what part of the reed

effects most with C, Cis , B notes. .. :-?
by uilleannfinlander
Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:44 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Gaelic Font for engraving
Replies: 7
Views: 1679

Re: Gaelic Font for engraving

Must say something about, Made special handengravings for 30 years now..also ferrules for top pipemakers several years. Some things, when making it properly: making special text(forexample something from old manussricpts), it needs kinda kalligraphic knowledge how its written (spacing, centering, et...
by uilleannfinlander
Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:02 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Humidity degree
Replies: 19
Views: 2109

Re: Humidity degree

P.Keenan had a small wet sponge hanging inside bellows .
by uilleannfinlander
Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:28 am
Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
Topic: what tune
Replies: 3
Views: 1326

what tune

who remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOFU_gXAhI
?perhaps M.Goldrick tune , but what's the name of it?
by uilleannfinlander
Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:54 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: THE GREAT UILLEANN YOU-TUBE THREAD.
Replies: 2625
Views: 1218971

Re: THE GREAT UILLEANN YOU-TUBE THREAD.

here our promovideo of our Irish music festival at Oulu 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixEXuv3Qo8Y
some pipers seen and hear
by uilleannfinlander
Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:14 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Brass
Replies: 31
Views: 5681

Re: Brass

Well , I polished my fullset (offcourse took metalparts(exept the top ferrule on stock) etc apart and protect with masktape where needed ), then use 2 component laquer on metalparts, hard and flexible (spraybottle from carpaint shop).
Made this four years ago, and set looks like new.
by uilleannfinlander
Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:14 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Hard cane
Replies: 2
Views: 761

Hard cane

Do U follow your normal reed diams with, or do U make something perhaps otherway...moisturing tails etc?
by uilleannfinlander
Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:58 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Notes in reed
Replies: 2
Views: 779

Re: Notes in reed

yep , there's lots of explantations what to do and why, but the like drawings with the bassoon reed was my main point :)
by uilleannfinlander
Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:01 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Notes in reed
Replies: 2
Views: 779

Notes in reed

Found this..http://www.canit.se/~chrisdav/reedadj.html maybe somebody made such with uilleannreeds too