When to use a wire rush?
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When to use a wire rush?
Are there general guidelines as to when to use a wire rush in the chanter?
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A wire rush is a length of very thin wire wire that is either stuck up the bore of the chanter or the staple of the reed to narrow their internal diameter.Uilleann915 wrote:What's a wire rush?
Narrowing the bore of the chanter usually flattens the first octave whether the second octave is comparably sharp due to dry weather or due to a reed that is too long/too closed/overscraped. I generally find that a rush up the bore causes gurgles/'autocran' on the bottom D note, but a rush is said to sometimes improve this problem (if you're lucky, the chanter will also become mellower in sound since you are bringing it closer to a 'narrow-bore' chanter).
Narrowing the internal diameter of the staple does the opposite to the chanter (flattens the second octave).
There is also a less common rushing to just the throat of the chanter by dangling a rush out of the bottom of the staple. This is meant to help reduce bottom D gurgles. However, my experience is that it just flattens the back D rediculously.
To rush something, bend a 'U' shape into the end of the wire so that it jams snugly into the bottom of the chanter/staple. You can vary the amount of narrowing to a specific part of a bore by adding stuff onto the wire (e.g. blu-tac or ptfe tape) or alternatively, just use a rolled up piece of card or paper and poke it up the bore to where you want it (although it can be hard to fish it out after doing so.
Hope that clarifies things for you.
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Could not agree more!!!!If this is a new set then perhaps a word with the maker would be in order
Kinda pisses me off that one of the most respected makers out there supplies his chanters with a rush in the bore!
It's like saying, " heres the mad expensive chanter you ordered, I knew it wouldn't be in tune so I stuck a lump of metal up it."
If the maker gave you a brand new chanter with a wire rush, I'd send it back.
Tell the maker to fix their bore.
Tommy.
And don't even bother to tell me about hard and soft D tuning, high E and the like. Rubbish. A proper bore will fix all that..... Messers
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Am I missing something here? I don't recall reading that the maker sent the new chanter out complete with a rush up the bore.tompipes wrote:
Kinda pisses me off that one of the most respected makers out there supplies his chanters with a rush in the bore!
It's like saying, " heres the mad expensive chanter you ordered, I knew it wouldn't be in tune so I stuck a lump of metal up it."
What's the story?
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Perhaps it's this?Joseph E. Smith wrote:.....Am I missing something here? .....
Look closely at the pictures:
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Thin wire (like a guitar high E string) in the staple of the reed.goldy wrote:A wire rush is a length of very thin wire wire that is either stuck up the bore of the chanter or the staple of the reed to narrow their internal diameter.....
But, the one's I've seen in chanters are more like the diameter of uncooked spagetti. I read somewhere to actually use a piece of spagetti and blue tack.
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