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I'd like one made into a draughtsmans ruler or a policemans truncheon.

billh wrote: Total length of the doctored Generation (metal part, without fipple):
316 mm

Distance from the top end of the whistle to the top hole:
132 mm

Bill

Thanks Bill, worked a treat. Trouble is, my 3 year old saw me. Nothing is safe now!!

I took a reed that was pretty much ready for the "Great Dust Bin in the Sky" and dipped about 1/3 of it in the wood hardener. The result was a MUCH sharper playing reed, ...and it didn't seem to help the breaking back D. :-? I guess that depends on the cause of the breaking. If it's becau...

Pipes in silver.



They weren't cheap, even if they look it.
Personally, I think they are the nads of the dog.

And it has to be said, that if you want the 'classic' nflat pitch sound, don't expect that from a narrow bore concert pitch. They don't have the same kind of expression or tone.

They tend to be like concert pitch but quieter, less expressive and less responsive under the fingers.

From Barrys website http://www.barrykerr.com

"I am playing a D set of silver ,boxwood and ivory Andreas rogge pipes made for me in 2004."

The wind cap bears no similarity. In fact, the only similarity is between the mounts and ferrule at the throat, and it's a very common set up in many makers design (and a very appealing one it is too). The windcap is very much like a Froment (though it isn't). In fact, I can only echo Toms remarks f...

http://img.waffleimages.com/df544762b155de664b499b0c832bc430e34a42b9/gouges.gif A is my first ever gouge, quite old now. It's the old NPU #6 incannel. I don't really use it. B is the type I use now (is this what you meant by 'toe' Bill?), you can see how it has been specially ground on the corners....

How many times do you wet and sand down these fibers? Surely as you swell them and sand them you just remove them to allow a new layer to appear, a bit like exfoliation? The case for a burnished or polished surface would be a bit different. I did use a method once or twice (it came from Cillian O'Br...

I think you missed my point Joe. I said that I didn't have any comment about longevity, but that any added *uniformity* would be lost in translation after binding etc., Think about what happens to the curvature of the blades, particularly around the shoulders compared the actual parts that beat or t...

My penneth. By the time you've cut and chamfered tails, tied it to a staple, scraped the the blades, added a bridle etc., the usefulness of any 'precise' uniformity gained by 'raising the grain' etc., is likely to be lost or not hold much sway on the working reed. Whether it has an effect on the ton...

Is this the same chap who did that cover of 'How Green was my Vallely' with Tom Jones?

Stevie, Seriously, get in touch with the South West Association of Uilleann Pipers http://www.swaup.org You're sure to get plenty of advice on this forum, but if you contact someone through SWAUP or get to one of their meetings, you can get realtime audio visual confirmation of what Uilleann Pipes a...

Stevie, It sounds like you are picking up some rather bad habits. Do not think of the whistle as like the pipes. Check out http://www.swaup.org they hold meetings near Taunton (if I remember correctly) every 2 months. There are quite a few pipers around the S.W. , you should find the assistance you ...

If that whets your appetite, the first vid has Pat playing with himself......