http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryI ... iaId=26912
Any thoughts on his method of straightening chanters? Approx. 18 minutes in.
Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
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Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
Interesting recording. Not just for reedmakers:
http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryI ... iaId=26912
Any thoughts on his method of straightening chanters? Approx. 18 minutes in.
http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryI ... iaId=26912
Any thoughts on his method of straightening chanters? Approx. 18 minutes in.
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Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
It was sort of interesting to watch him make a reed:
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Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
The video was fascinating - never a caliper, ruler, or even a winder, he just did everything by hand and eye. And super-gluing the lips together to sand the scrape!Mr.Gumby wrote:It was sort of interesting to watch him make a reed:
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Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
I didn't see the video but I have seen him do that a few times. He'd just sit there with a knife, most of the time not even using the bench to work it.
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Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
The photo reminds me of watching Paddy Keenan make a reed. I thought "Ah, that's what I'm doing wrong ... EVERYTHING!"
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Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
....or indeed, Leo Rowsome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmBT0f_f9g8
Not too many of the "crutches" used in that (admittedly edited) clip.....
Not too many of the "crutches" used in that (admittedly edited) clip.....
Re: Kevin Henry's Reedmaking Technique
With all respect to Kevin Henry, don't try this at home!PJ wrote:Any thoughts on his method of straightening chanters? Approx. 18 minutes in.
Henry speaks of learning of this method from Patrick Hennelly (1896-1978) a pipe maker from Chicago. As described, one sticks a reamer down the bore of the chanter, then pours boiling water over the chanter. The result is a straight chanter. This is supposed to fix a chanter which will not play in tune. Henry claims to have observed the process and believes it actually improved at least one chanter (if I am recalling correctly what he says on the video).
The whole idea gives me the creeps and I am doubtful of its premise. I have seen curved chanters that play well. My intuition is that if a curved chanter does not play well it might be due to the curve, and it might not.
It just occurs to me: might the process distort the bore to conform to the reamer? Is that the goal? In which case the original chanter bore has been re-reamed with the "straightening" reamer. Unless the straightening reamer was used to make the chanter in the first place, the result is a chanter with a different bore.
In any case it seems a heck of a thing to do to a chanter of any value. Might be an interesting experiment on chanters of no value.
Anyone out there actually done this? With what result?
Nick Whitmer