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by tok
Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:24 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Where to go from here?
Replies: 29
Views: 5046

you cant teach the pig to sing ,, and expect it to stay at home . If 10 thousand dollars is the high price for the best sets now a days , then I personnally can relax now , and go out on a shopping spree and buy all the guitar music ever done . In the classical era , the top musicians were paid well...
by tok
Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:13 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Where to go from here?
Replies: 29
Views: 5046

The uilleann pipes are a very versitile instrument , and though we love the background as honored and built apon , it seems worthwhile to extend that into the future , as best we can , to continue to enjoy the sound of the pipes ,,well played , and well heard . No Use making the pipes different for ...
by tok
Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:33 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Modern Trends in Piping
Replies: 29
Views: 5370

.why ,,, yes. it is , that is what I hear at the spa ,, . Of course , " no needle is sharp at both ends " .
:lol:
tom .
:) :) .
by tok
Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:10 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Modern Trends in Piping
Replies: 29
Views: 5370

:boggle: :party:

tok
:lol: turns , my head and coughs ,,
lol .
by tok
Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:02 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Modern Trends in Piping
Replies: 29
Views: 5370

I just sit back in the world class spa O ' mine , and listen to total new age tracks , that have , low wistle , sounds like paddy keenan clones , and native american love flutes , and west african bass drums , ,, then I will go to the sauna , and sweat it all out . :devil: While there , I hear all t...
by tok
Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:01 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Japan Pipers Club (wishful thinking?)
Replies: 24
Views: 4075

Big bamboo !! Tiki tourch your pipes for free,, :lol:
:party: , bring your own sushi ,, and saki ,,
tune pipes under the temple bell ?? not a bad Idea .
:wink:,,
tok .
:)
by tok
Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:45 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: WILLIAM KENNEDY PIPING FESTIVAL CD
Replies: 4
Views: 966

sounds like a trattoria of piping .
It is making me hungry , please pass the calimari , '
and , can I have some more mint jelly , with the lamb ?
Thanks :)
:D
tok , ,,,,,,,, :lol:
by tok
Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:28 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: world's quietest chanter how to?
Replies: 14
Views: 2130

I don't know what sort of chanter you have , but I think that the quality of the cane the reed is made out of will make a big difference , as to how the " tone " of the chanter sounds . That is different than the volume of sound that the chanter can make. A loud chanter , with a good tone,...
by tok
Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:37 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Another piper???
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

cigars ?? :party: :) , I like the swisher sweets with the wooden tip , wouldn't want to get too fancy just yet , save that for the wedding . :wink: All the best !!
tom :)
by tok
Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:35 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Back D's on Neill O'Grady pipes
Replies: 28
Views: 6006

hey kev , not to really join in the slagg here , but I have to say that personally that ,, I think that I would be better off if I did not slagg pipemakers If I never made a set myself . :o yerself ,,lol . :) . I had probs with weak back dees on most of the " thanters" I have owned , thoug...
by tok
Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:05 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: who are the true heroes of this new age of piping?
Replies: 114
Views: 21947

I would like to see some pics of hat boxes ,, or mabey some pics of some empty , 30 can beer " suitcases " , hey , those things are almost large enough to pack a set of pipes in , once the beer cans are removed . Lorenzo , I may have been concieved in the back seat of one of those . no , t...
by tok
Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:17 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Lorenzo unmasked
Replies: 21
Views: 3951

A weekend in the country ,, so delightfull,,
It was in the study , with the rope , :devil: .ok back to the spa , ,,, :D
tok.

:)
by tok
Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:13 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Lorenzo unmasked
Replies: 21
Views: 3951

bugatti !!
:o
by tok
Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:22 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Lorenzo unmasked
Replies: 21
Views: 3951

thanks jeff . Are there any contraindications that you know of ? Good bed side manner , now,,, I KNOW MY HEAD WILL POP OFF !!
:boggle: :lol: ,,,, only the spa can help me now ,,, ,,,, :boggle:
lol ,,
tok
by tok
Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:48 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Lorenzo unmasked
Replies: 21
Views: 3951

the castle reminds me of a gig I did at hammond castle , here in glouster . The whole place was filled with artifacts , i.e. mummified hands , relics from saint , something or other . And old crusty wooden , antiques . Also , there were swords , and axes hung on the walls , a warning to play the pip...