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I have a 14" diameter stump of pearwood that I took from my yard a while back. It'll need to sit while yet before it's ready to use I expect. I'm using walnut harvested from around my boyhood home for mainstocks. Nice material...it's been aging longer than me. k

No pipes, but it was a nice day in Jackson Hole.

Kevin

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Rietmann rendered speechless....I think that's a first. k

I'll never forget my college roommate, upon completion (barely) of his computer class, dancing maniacally around the hibachi burning his punch cards one by one. There were a lot of cards. I had to leave...he was freaking me out. k

My neighbor pronounces her name Staysha. k

I need to find a comercially made bender that makes tighter bends or find someone who makes them... Any ideas???? I think most pipemakers put together their own bending machines. I haven't seen much of anything useful on the market. If you have an understanding of the requirements, a bender isn't d...

Pretty huge difference between injection molded resin and delrin. k

The notion that a pipemaker sit's down and designs a chanter from scratch with some math's and some chart or other is well, it just doesn,t happen RORY Has it ever? Thoughout history the standard way to go forward in instrument design is to modify or extrapolate from an existing design, particularl...

What does everyone think of Pupleheart? My observations is it is similar in grain and density as Rosewood. It is not a popular choice for chanters and there are only a small handful of makers that use it... what an interesting color it is... purple is still masculin right? Cheers, CJ I worked with ...

Is it "acid into water" or "water into acid" when diluting? AIW is in alphabetical order, but I don't trust my memory. Is there a device which will help one remember how to spell mnemonic ? AIW, AIW, AIW....say it three times. The acid has a higher density than water and will na...

Oiling is an excellent way to trash your key pads, particularly if you use some type of polymerizing oil, e.g. linseed, tung, or any variety of danish oil varnish. Completely unnecessary in any case. If you feel you must oil your stick, remove the keywork first. Whenever the subject of finishes come...

chanterdan wrote:anybody know anything about spillane chanter, wondering if they any good,tone and tuning.

I would suggest you attempt to find a reed maker that has successfully reeded a Spillane chanter. k

Quinn told me at some point that's a Harrington method. k

Hey Wally, Forget about stones. I've used wet/dry sand paper for all my sharpening for several years now. For the incannel all you need is a hard wood dowel of the proper diameter to conform to the sweep of the gouge. Wrap the appropriate grit of sand paper around the dowel and proceed with sharpeni...