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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Generation B natural?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 364
Re: Generation B natural?
FWiW, another thread linked to Mac Nic whistles . They do a B (although named 'H' in the German fashion). At 60 euro perhaps a relatively "budget' option. Not a recommendation (I have not come across these 'in the flesh' or heard them played, so there's a caveat), but at least worth knowing abo...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Generation B natural?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 364
Re: Generation B natural?
Here's some guidance, to get you started, posted by Bill Haneman back in 2007 or so: An inexpensive alternative worth trying: As it happens, you can take a Bflat Generation and remove metal from both the top and bottom so that the top note is sharpened a semitone and the bottom note (all holes close...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Generation B natural?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 364
Re: Generation B natural?
They don't but a Bb is easily converted by cutting back both ends. 'How to' posts for both Bb-B and C-C# conversions have been made several times in the past.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Ebay Items
- Replies: 1850
- Views: 1177642
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Volume Control Ring - Why Doesn't it Exist??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 457
Re: Volume Control Ring - Why Doesn't it Exist??
Yes, much like thisQuarktäsche Deluxe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:07 am And they are doing it with their lips? You would have to take the whole mouthpiece in your mouth to do that...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Bothy Band re-form for "Celtic Connections" Jan.2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8572
Re: Bothy Band re-form for "Celtic Connections" Jan.2024
TG4 has a lovely documentary with the band preparing for the reunion and the full concert after. Airing right now.
An Bothy Band
An Bothy Band
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:26 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 491
Re: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
If you insist using the term, read description of 'aerophone' again and apply correctly.Oops. I should have said "reedless aerophone."
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 491
Re: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/504684/1026600/main-image I think there are two reasons that brass instruments have valves, while other instruments (particularly aerophones) do not. .. aerophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Michael Coady - RIP
- Replies: 0
- Views: 377
Michael Coady - RIP
I just read the writer and poet Michael Coady has died. RTE news : Death announced of writer and poet Michael Coady Coady was many things but in the context of this forum he was a close friend of the Russells of Doonagore, Doolin and the author of the wonderful 1996 memoir of Packie and Micho Russel...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Piping Newsletter Archive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 343
Re: Piping Newsletter Archive
'The other piping forum' used to give access to the Seatle pipets' newsletter but that forum is long gone.
NPU has it available now through their archive :
The pipers review
NPU has it available now through their archive :
The pipers review
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: Two Whistles For Sale (Humphrey and a Mystery Whistle) (SOLD)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 222
Re: Two Whistles For Sale (Humphrey and a Mystery Whistle)
Olivier Bouchard. Most likely.The other is a "Mystery" whistle.
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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:36 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute recordings - Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024
- Replies: 2
- Views: 260
Re: Flute recordings - Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024
/quote] 4 tunes played by PEG McGRATH when she became only the second woman to win the Senior All-Ireland flute title since Fleadhs started in 1951. Apart from the LP record she made with the Belfast "Cherish The Ladies" trio, I am not aware of many other recordings of her, although there...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wassup with connecting to C&F
- Replies: 13
- Views: 554
Re: Wassup with connecting to C&F
perhaps a better contact for the Administrator might be in order. In fairness, 'dalewiely' was an obvious enough typo. It was corrected earlier this week, I think. That said, the forum had been playing up with increasing numbers of server errors for at least a week or two, so there were signs thing...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wassup with connecting to C&F
- Replies: 13
- Views: 554
Re: Wassup with connecting to C&F
And it's back.
For now anyway.
Big thank you to the fixers.
For now anyway.
Big thank you to the fixers.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:00 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Na Piobairi Uilleann change
- Replies: 2
- Views: 391
Re: Na Piobairi Uilleann change
Just had a quick look, the Piobaires seem to be all there. I did look further but things appear as usual.