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Sorry im going to scale from Do to Re

Hi everyone my name is Jay and i just joined this site.Im a pipemaker but i ordeted a chanter in Do and plan on "scaling" the Do chanter to get Re or F chanters.I have plans for what seems to be a set in Bb its written " puntero Si b" Si is B pitch and the little "b" is...

Hi all.a while ago i was explaining the reason that the E note in some chanters can be sharp in the 1st octave and flat in the second octave. i also talked about ways that ME as a pipemaker can fix that problem easily...(it took some reasearching and a flat sets tone holes to fix it) I saw a piper p...

Completley agree with "Mr Grumby"!! the rowesome style chanters i make are open to all sorts of finger options off the leg/on the leg finger position changes ect so you can experiment and find certain fingering options with regard to airs as well as fast reels and jigs....and dont worry im...

hi all i read all the posts on this particular subject of using different fingering and also the standard finger for a wide bore chanter etc,and i heard someone say that to get different tonal changes ect is easier on the small notes etc. ok so.......ive started making flutes etc like woodell and ro...

Hi,i played and made few dulcimers just manly for myself sa few people.....annyway most 3double stringed dulcimers are tuned DAD its good for most music tuning it into gdg style sounds good but it depends on what KEY and what situation your in. Love the dulcimer ☺ Jay pickford (uilleann pipe/flute/s...

Hi, the fingering on a narrow bore D chanter should be the same i know this only because i played for years on a geoff woolf whilst learning and since im a uilleann maker the larger bore chanters are and have the same fingering. If you cant sort it out i can help you Look forward to hearing from you...

Hi and thanks to everyone who helped me find a imitation ivory supplier,now i have good amount of faux ivory in my workshop
Cheers
Jay

Hi seagull yes i can make a reed for your chanter no problems,dave uses the dimentions of a rowesome style chanter he has on his own site like i do so if you want to let me know. im not sure if your allowed to give email info on this site?
If i am let me know if you want a reed.
Cheers
Jay

Thats a great little invention!!! I have the excact same capilipers as you do so im going to try it ☺

Hi all.does anyone have prattern perfected plans available.i know ted mcgee has them but i thought id ask here first.busting to start making flutes and timber whistles,
Thanks
Jay

Hi squeeky,a great maker is a guy called mike grinter who works here in australia.hes amazing with flutes and whistles.i was in a band and i encouraged the girl playing whistle an such to buy from mike grinter.i dont know his phone number but search the internet...if you dont have any luck there the...

Hi all ☺once again i have to agree to most of the input on this subject....ive reasearched this topic alot but i may have to call geoff who i knew when he was here in western auatralia...wihich is where he began making pipes.He was a machinist (metal) before he started but ive played many of his set...

Hi everyone..cant thank you all enough for your help a d because of your help ive found a good supp,ier that has a good reputation...apparently all the highland pipe makers use the same comany,and there reasonable prices to boot☺ I e ordered enough to last me almost a year and i ony had to pay 87 po...

Hi,i agree with everyone on this topic....but yeah i made ...well tried to make an overton style low whistle in D i went with the specs of my aluminium whistle and decided to make it out of a different cheaper type of african blackwoo....the bore was a ridiculous 22mm wide and i made the fipple from...