Percentage of cane in your pipes

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Percentage of cane in your pipes, currently?

full set: all cane
15
43%
full set: all composite regs& drones
5
14%
full set: all composite regs, all cane drones
0
No votes
full set: all cane regs, all composite drones
3
9%
full set: all cane regs, mixed drones
2
6%
full set: mixed regs, all composite drones
1
3%
full set: all composite regs, mixed drones
0
No votes
full set: mixed regs & mixed drones
1
3%
half set: all cane drones
2
6%
half set: all composite drones
2
6%
half set: mixed drones
0
No votes
something not included above (aka: the surly option)
4
11%
 
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Percentage of cane in your pipes

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right now, what reeds are cane(arundo donax) & what reeds are composite (fiber, metal,plastic, etc)

in your pipes? (your MAIN set of uilleann...the ones you use the most)

Running under the assumption that all of our chanter reeds are cane,
or some other material normally found in nature,
(if yours isnt, please PM me asap :lol: )

are all your regs cane?, composite?
or do you have them mixed?
for ex, a cane bass reg & bronze bari & tenor regs?

same goes for drones.
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No options for elder then? Or 3/4 sets for that matter.
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All cane in the drones. Mostly cane in the regulators but one spruce reed (tenor).
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Mmm no option for cane regulator and mixed drone either, or even preferred setup but making do until time or money allow for preferred choice.

Suppose the "surly" option covers these situations.

Oh well until I have time to make some more cane drone reeds the answers "surly"

Feels a bit like local elections and spoiling the paper by scrawling in crayon none of the above on the ballot paper. :D
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Mr.Gumby wrote:No options for elder then? Or 3/4 sets for that matter.
consider elder a naturally occurring non-composite material, for all purposes covered under the "cane" option.
thats the 'nub' of the thing: natural vs. non-natural, FLOBT.
3/4 same as 'full set', even tho it aint.
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iain beag wrote:Mmm no option for cane regulator and mixed drone either,
ask and ye shall receive.
only problem is that by changing the poll, now all votes have to be cast once again. :D
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cane chanter reed
elder regulator reeds
elder constructed drone reeds

BUT have recently heard an amazing elder chanter reed....

if mine wasn't so fine i'd be next in line...
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All plastic in the drones and regs. Thank goodness with the weather we've been having. 70 and sunny yesterday, 40 and rain tomorrow. :boggle:
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Who makes plastic regulator reeds?
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Bruce "BC" Childress makes regulator reeds from Arundo dasani, i.e., from Dasani water bottles.
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Ceann Cromtha wrote:Bruce "BC" Childress makes regulator reeds from Arundo dasani, i.e., from Dasani water bottles.
alla zampogna :D Mine are bronze. Have to try dasani reeds one day.

Please, keep responses coming. :thumbsup:
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Full set:
1 cane (chanter)
3 composite pine/brass (drones)
3 spruce (regs)
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Concert pitch:

3/4 set, cane chanter reed, wooden reg reeds, wooden body & wooden tongue drone reeds.

Flat pitch (B)

Full set (though usually played sans bass reg.)
All cane, all the time.

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Full set:

chanter: 1 cane

drones: 3 composite cane bodies and basswood tongues

regs: 3 redwood (Wood really is the way to go if you can do it. Super stable and good tone for regs).
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Re: Percentage of cane in your pipes

Post by Torrin Riáin »

3/4th set
Cane chanter reed
Spruce regulator reeds
Wooden drone reeds of varying type.

To the people with multiple sets, one containing more-or-less cane, and the other containing 'other' (composite/wooden): Is there a more-than-noticeable difference between the two in the likes of air needed/stability/having to sit down every once in a while and just tune them up for a bit? Or is it just a 'I'll take one or the other' type of situation?
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