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Wouldn't pulling out the shotgun and sending them a message out of the business end be easier? and tastier? Hey, wait... I thought I was the undisputed poopy piper of the uilleann community! bah...you're all too hard on yourselves...after all...lest you forget...after six years of practice i'd been...

you will not just be able to order a 'real' reed...they're about as far from standardized as...well...let's just say reeealy consistent makers can usually reed one of their own chanters with fairly standard technique, but even then they will need some individual tweaking. to get a 'real' reed for a ...

you can screw down the washer, but from what you've described and my own experience I'd say don't fool with the switch...it's not likely the cause...

okay...went I went leak hunting this is what I did: after sealing the bag and bellows and connection, i could detect no leak in the practice set portion of it. i removed each of the regs (and their reeds) and blew into them to see if there was air leaking. I fixed a couple pads and added tension to ...

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i will do that...i've got three at the moment...tim britton's and two others. i also have all the tools i need except the gouges (of course).


thanx, all

you're all right on all counts...the whole thing is pakistani except the chanter, which is a childress. he was great and gave me all the measurements. (the urdu thing was funny tho) once upon a time i tried taking my own measurements withtout disassembling my reeds...needless to say, i didn't get an...

that's what I thought, about the extra workload and all, but then I figured @ $75-$85 a pop, it's might be tacky like asking your favorite restaurant how to make your favorite dish at home so you don't have to order it there anymore. just wanted to be sure I wasn't going to be insulting the man befo...

Hello, I'm wondering if it's considered poor form to ask your chanter's maker for the reed and staple measurements he uses so I can make my own (or at least try to).

thoughts on the subject?

What would be the advantage of molded synthetic chanters over wooden chanters Repeatable chanter design with minimum time to market. Sound can be a bit harsh compared to wood. I would expect a savings if I were buying a plastic chanter, and perhaps that is the niche the plastic chanters could fill....

they've been on the rise for awhile...prolly the last 10-15 years

There is alot of immigration, but I saw it mainly in the urban centers where the language is weakest anyway...besides, all the state job gaeilge requirements remain in place and it was upheld in court that housing developments in the gaeltacht can have a fluency requirement to move in - this is beca...

not to mention Ros na Rún's (Irish langauge soap opera) ratings are through the roof over there, and it was even picked up (in irish) by a philadelphia tv station here (where it is also doing well)

welsh even played a role in the recent Dr. Who? episodes, and from what I understand, to commemorate it the entire Dr. Who site was up in welsh for a week

I was just over there this past week and was rather encouraged by the out-of-gaeltacht usage i found. pair that with the increasing popularity of the gaelscoileanna and that they're adding more higher level gaelscoileanna and things are improving. part of the problem is that figuring out the best wa...