Hevia Practise set on Ebay.de

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:06 am

Here:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 66597&rd=1

Two days to go and 350 EUR.

Edit: Here you go PJ

/MarcusR

PJ · Post by PJ » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:14 am

That's a nice looking chanter. The middle photo shows the chanter without the chanter top. The light reflects off the chanter along the holes and it looks like the holes have been groved or sculpted.

I've done this to my own chanter and know of a few other who have also done it. It makes the holes easier to find but can also sharpen the notes. I've not had any problems with my chanter.

Has anyone else done this?

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:44 am

I finally tried a chanter with scalloped fingerholes. I didn't like it. It's easier to feel the holes when they're left to the extreme outer surface. BTW, if you scalloped the toneholes on a chanter that was already in tune, you may have ruined it. That would raise the pitch of each chimney that was shortened. The height of the chimney (in the tonehole) in each has to correspond to the size of the bore and a particular reed.

PJ · Post by PJ » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:12 am

That's what some people told me. I was also told that if one is subtle about it, the change in chimney height won't noticably alter the pitch of each note, particularly considering how changes in temp. and humidity can change the tone, pitch, colour, smell, taste, etc.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:34 am

Keep in mind that each tonehole is merely another bottom note turned sideways. IOW, I suppose you could subtly shorten the chanter also w/o effecting the pitch of the bottom D, but that would be very difficult. The length of the chanter is precise.

wgority · Post by **wgority** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:44 pm

Okay, that can mean only one thing. One of us has to buy the damned thing and find out what the tuning's like.

Droner · Post by **Droner** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:29 am

Most good Leo Rowsome chanter's are scolloped.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:08 am

I would think that most chanters that are scalloped by the maker are pitched slightly flat to begin with, then brought up to standard by shortening the chimney on each tonehole.

Re Rowsome chanters being scalloped, I wonder if they were at standard pitch before he scalloped them. I've heard many of them are sharp of A-440 and were pitched that way on purpose. I've also read that the bores are now stuffed with rushes to bring them back down to SP.

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:33 am

Rowesomes, at times, will need a fairly wide bore staple to get 'em going, and hopefully without rushing the bore. Strangely, I turned up a picture of an old Box Rowesome and a couple of his reeds earlier (pretty much to scale too). Long reeds, narrow(ish) heads. Wide bore staple to sharpen 2nd 8ve (or flatten 1st, (whichever way you look at it) and a comparatively narrow head to 'condense' the 8ve up the top end and control the pitch of the back D?? Just a guess.. It can be done without them rushes.

Alan

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:46 am

Can anyone verify whether this is a true Hevia set, and not a Pakistani imitation?

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:53 pm

djm wrote:Can anyone verify whether this is a true Hevia set, and not a Pakistani imitation?

djm

I'm on it buddy! Now where did I put my 'Observer's Gude to Uilleann Pipes' manual?

Droner · Post by **Droner** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:03 pm

I played a few tunes at willie week with a Hevia half set.....this is definately the same...Hevia alright. Sure ask the guy who is the dealer in Ireland, wasn't he on another thread lately?.....www.instrumentsoftradition.com (or somethin like that)

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:17 pm

....still rummaging...*BONK*... what the..?... where the fu... *CRASH-BONK-TINKLE*... ow!.. there it is!... umm... no, that's not it....*HONK*....Ow!!!...Stop that!... Oh, what's that over there?.... *SLAM*... I'm gonna miss that finger.... HEY!!!... wait a minute....*CRASH!!!*...nope...

Jay-eye · Post by **Jay-eye** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:09 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote:....still rummaging...*BONK*... what the..?... where the fu... *CRASH-BONK-TINKLE*... ow!.. there it is!... umm... no, that's not it....*HONK*....Ow!!!...Stop that!... Oh, what's that over there?.... *SLAM*... I'm gonna miss that finger.... HEY!!!... wait a minute....*CRASH!!!*...nope...

Lemmee see now, "This book belongs to: Joseph E Smith".... what? Did I never let you have that Observer book back, Joe?
Oh well, too late now!

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:36 pm

Joe, is this the new mania for vapid, pointless lives in the new millenium - pipe spotting? Will it be bigger than train spotting, bird watching, or, dare I say it, even camel spotting?

djm