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"John I must have lost something in the thread? Are you gonna make reads out of insects? Slan go foill Liam" --------------------------------------------- LOL Those are California bug's on that cane, Liam. By the time they reach Scotland they'll have to take off their little Wayfarer sungl...

The ironic thing of it is that here, in Southern California, Arundo Donax is considered a serious, invasive aquatic pest along our river's and is the subject of eradication campaign's to keep it from clogging up the system's & reduce the fire hazard. http://www.vom.com/sec/restoration/Arundo/aru...

"I also posted you a private message John." --------------- Thank you, anima --------------- "Didn't you read? He doesn't read private messages. Which makes his desire apparent to anyone familiar with Royce in the UP mailing list." "Dionys" --------------- I am NOT Royc...

"Mulhern I have posted a private message to you
Ulliam"
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I don't open PM's from stranger's. Anything you have to say to me will be said within the venue of this open forum.

"John Mulhern,your rantings are taking on an evil tinge and it is beginning to sound like extracts from Mein Kampf or is it KKK dogma?In the time honoured fashion I'm lifting my kilt to you and your ilk and shouting across the pond to you "Pogue mo Thone"" ----------- "Wow. ...

No, again, Uilliam. G. B. Shaw once said, (and Winston Churchill repeated it during WW II), that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". Three time's during the course of this thread, you've been told that the word "Pakistani" is an abbreviation fo...

No, Uilliam, there is no DEBATE. You, and other's like you, have the ability to turn this specific interest forum into a Yahoo fight room by dragging your personal, geographically centered, political beliefs into every technical discussion you take part in. It fall's within the purview of the forum'...

Attn: Moderator! This thread no longer concern's Uilleann piping. I beg you to delete it! It has been hijacked by those who wear their political sensitivities on their chest's like medal's of honor. A look at Google's rec-music-makers-bagpipe with it's endless, mutually eviscerating off-topic flame ...

Amazon.com carries Wilbert Garvin's "The Irish Bagpipes - Their Construction and Maintenance". Although they're apparently out of new one's, (I got my copy there), they have a used 1988 edition listed for $12.00!

I bought John Allison's Ray Sloan Practice set about a year ago, (Hi, John!), and have loved 'em ever since. I have a precision machining background & their construction quality level seem's quite high. I would recommend them to anyone. Re: Mr. Sloan's reluctance to develop regulator's. Why is t...

Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CoyneLover wrote: EXCERPT X-Rays...HMM..I've seen X-Rays of chanters before, and found them to be absolutely worthless. (in my experience) They are impossible to get a clear measurement from. Blurry and inaccurat...

Mike, you might want to also look at one of David Daye's starter Practice Sets's, with a finished Penny Chanter & reed, and bellow's & bag in kit form. His instrument's use material's which are a bit unconventional, but the guy put's a lot of engineering into his work, they're relatively ine...

Wilbert Garvin's book, "The Irish Bagpipes - Their Construction and Maintenance", has been reprinted and is available again. ISBN 0-85640-692-9 I got my copy from Amazon.com.

Actually, I have a Penny Chanter hooked up to my Ray Sloan practice set (Hi, John Allison!) right now. David is a meticulous craftsman when it comes to his reeds, stabilizing them for a customer's climate zone. We're experiencing a Santa Ana wind condition right now, and I don't detect any change in...

Wow! These guys are great! Reviews on their website are calling them a Dutch Bothy Band, and "The Lilting Banshee" even sounds like it has a bit of "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" in it. "Return to Clifden" is beautiful. Piper Evertjan 't Hart's reed-making instructional w...