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Being half Estonian on my mother's side, I was excited to discover the Torupill. I ordered a set from Andrus Taul a couple of years ago. He makes a very nice instrument with chromatic capability owing to the extra tone holes and also offers 1, 2, or 3 drones. I just bought a traditional one-drone se...

I think you are correct. Not a leather flap.

As far as I can remember (it's been 6 months since I last purchased a bag with blowpipe for an order) it's the standard round leather flap tied onto the end of the blowpipe. Not sure how an acetal blowpipe would differ from wood in that respect, but time will tell.

I supply Kellerher bags and bellows with the sets I make for customers and I find the bags to be absolutely airtight and so far no complaints from customers. Niall is a very nice guy and responds promptly to queries. I have one of his 'Geoff Woof' style bags here waiting for me to tie a flat set int...

I think it's something you decide you like and decide you want to try and develop in your own piping. To what degree you bounce your notes is a matter of personal taste. Some like to infuse their tunes with bubbliness a-la the Potts style, others, a little here and there. Others not much at all exce...

You mean the 'Sean Og Potts' - style bounce as in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFsx39t0EeU That's just a case of relaxing your fingers and literally letting them bounce as you 'strike' the finger back down on the tone hole. To me it's a sort of mix between relaxing and tensing to affe...

I don't want to add to any confusion, but just to say that I found the E-bay listing from Sweden without problem using the item number: 191582936713 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191582936713?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_udlo%3D%26_udhi%3D%26_ftrt%3D901%26_ftrv%3D1%26_s...

amckay wrote: it was horribly out of tune.

If you check under the cover at the back you'll probably find the switch is set to 'evil' mode. You need to set it to 'good'. I believe they were manufactured by the same company that produced Krusty the Clown dolls.

Seriously though:
Reels: paddy on the rail road / the scholar
Jigs: queen of the rushes / humour of ballyloughlin
Hornpipes: tailor's twist / cronin's
3/4 waltzy-types: Si Beag Si mor / tabhair dom do liamh
Sundry: sonny's mazurka

PS Where do I sign up for the Anti-Colonel Fraser Lobby Group? Welcome to the Anti-Colonel Fraser Lobby Group (incorporating the No-Bucks Front). If you have ever learnt any part of Colonel Fraser, or have a memory of enjoying any part either audibly or participatory, the Ministry Of Truth will sho...

anything except Colonel Fraser...it's been done to death
DavidG (President, Committee and sole member of the Anti-Colonel Fraser Lobby Group - "It's Not That We Can't Play It; It's That We Refuse To Learn It")

You could do what a friend of mine here does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4eziFH7VYc#t=10

Even this rank amateur had better pack away his pipes and take up the bodhran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsPcjlmnp1U at 0:30

Better a foot-tapping piper who plays in time than a non-tapper who's all over the shop

Thanks Gajdar. Linsey is an aquaintance of mine from my performing days, but I haven't seen him for a number of years now. Bald Nob is only about an hour's drive from here. There's also another guy who lives locally, who I have arranged to meet up with but been too busy over the Christmas period. In...