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Oh....I suppose I could list bad habits, but the list of really good habits would be shorter! My worst bad habit right now is probably related to sitting posture while playing. I start out right, but after a while I hunch over and struggle with the drones slipping down my leg and the chanter taking ...

In the violin-making business there have been several makers who will finish an instrument and then hang it in front of loudspeakers and subject it to many hours of orchestral music played loudly. This is supposed to vibrate the instrument at the frequencies it will generate in actual use. Like many...

Kevin, just two points:
1. you have WAY too much time on your hands.
2. 10,000 comedians out of work and you're making jokes!

Keep up the good work, always enjoy your enlightening posts!

Best wishes with your new club. If I get into the Milw area I'll come and humbly sit in a corner and listen. If you take a club field-trip to the North
Woods, I'll drive across the line and sit in. Have fun, play lots!

Upper Michigan is cold and DRY, too. I have found that in order to make reeds work real well that taking them to New Orleans for a week or so every couple of months helps. The humidity and warm temps help the reeds and a couple of bowls of Gumbo from Coops's Place on Decator warm up the piper! Try t...

I may be wanting to try using a shoulder strap on the bag-side to help support the whole lot and keep my drones laying where they belong. Can any of you more experienced players advise where and how the strap should be hung on the bag (or mainstock.....or what)??? Thanks in advance for your guidance...

Hey DAVEY, tell 'em about your toolbox reed!

Eskin, forget any sticky-back cork. Use plain cork sheet like is used in a clarinet, fitted and glued, then trimmed and sanded, then doped with cork grease. Cork sheet comes in several precision cut thicknesses and is not cheap. Don't use the composite cork sheet seen in the hardware stores. Call to...

OK, here they are, download them as you wish. This is the half-set made for me by David Boisvert "Davey" at greemwoodpipes.com Wonderful instrument, but I may be just a little bit biased. For the sake of speed, how about if you just go to: http://www.islandpiper.com/pipe pics/DSCF0010.JPG ...

If this posts alright, then I'll post the rest of them. thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding, especially Tony who has tried to train all of us to post images.

oh.......I have my wallet.....but I can't seem to find my Menards card, ......or my Gander Mountain card....or my Home Depot card....hmmmm......now I wonder...

Just a note of thanks to Davey (http://greenwoodpipes.com) and Tommykleen (Avatar). I met with these fellows over the weekend in their neighborhood, the cool and rainy wilds of Minneapolis/St. Paul. What great guys. Tommykleen is a fine piper and not affected by the consumate skill he shows on the U...

I'll be in NOLA again at the end of the month. Any UP'ers there who wish to get together for a few tunes or a coffee and begniets ?

Try this:



http://photos.yahoo.com/islandpiper51