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Curiously I've found that certain drones work better than others with elder. I currently make drones which are a Crowley copy and they work much better with cane than elder. I still prefer elder for the double reeds though.

Cheers! It'll be a while yet. I am hoping September.

Hi Frank, I am still alive and in the piping and pipe making biz, but I have changed address and email etc.

Just for the record
I won it in 91 in Sligo. My name is on the cup next to Felix Dorans!

No problem maybe we'll have a Tionol

Hello everyone,
Just to let you know I have moved to the South-West of France. I am of course still making pipes etc...and can be contacted at this address
Brendan Ring
"le vieux château"
le bourg
12260 Salles-Courbatiés
France
or by email at brendanring@wanadoo.fr
All the best
Brendan

Just to put the record straight, I was never an apprentice of Alain Froment. I did buy my lathe from him and he gave me a few hours to show me how it worked and how to bore and ream a chanter. I am very grateful for the time he gave me but overall it amounted to probably no more than nine or ten hou...

Hi Frank, Sorry about the reeds! I think really that reeds need to be made in the area in which they are to be played and may not travel very well irrespective of what they are made of. I still prefer both the sound and feel of an elder reed and have not made a cane chanter reed for ten years. Howev...

There is a book called(I think), Grace Notes and Bad Thoughts, by John Kelly. Here, some fellow who is something like a refuse collector, makes a deal with the devil to swap bodies with Liam O'Flynn! I kidd you not.

There is a book called(I think), Grace Notes and Bad Thoughts, by John Kelly. Here, some fellow who is something like a refuse collector, makes a deal with the devil to swap bodies with Liam O'Flynn! I kidd you not.

Hey Reedman

Your first name wouldn't be Neil would it?!!!

Brendan

Obviously you pay for the skilled labour and not materials. A full set takes between 4 to 6 weeks. A good reed can take days and costs around 50, euros. Personnally my hourly rate is considerably less than a plumber, builder, or a teacher. Get your plumber to work for you every day for 6 weeks and s...

I started off this thread trying to sell a chanter hich incidentally is still for sale :) ! However I seem to have opened a can of worms! I speak only from the point of view of the small craftman, one man making uilleann pipes. I am aware of Froment's involvement with Hevia. With all due respect , J...

Hello everyone, I have a concert pitch chanter for sale. Anyone interested conact me on my e-mail address brendan.ring@wanadoo.fr

Hi Elbogo, I am in fact still alive! For staining boxwood I put lots of little bits of copper into the acid, no water, and off it goes. This is done in a container with a glass top so I can watch it happening. After that, into linseed oil for three days. I learnt this by the way from a certain Mr Wo...