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The interview with Paddy Keenan is in this radio broadcast/podcast.
http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20080225.mp3

Thanks!! That avalanche, was ... biblical!!
We'll see what I can muster up with the profits for another gig sometime.
Craig

Paddy was interviewed on a local radio show Tuesday night. I expect the podcast to be available soon at this link (Feb 25 show). http://www.thegaelichour.ca/archives08.html I checked out the concert space acoustics at an unamplified gig (harps, classical guitar, voice) and they are as expected, awes...

New Hampshire USA.

Paddy Keenan and John Walsh will be performing in Ottawa, Canada , on Friday March 7 . For further information please see the website: www.irishmusicottawa.ca Because there are so few pipers in the Ottawa region, there will be a whistle/low-whistle workshop the following day. That being said, piper...

Thanks david_h and Cork.

Hi Diane, thanks for replying so quickly. After (duh!) posting above, as I pour through the many pages of this forum, I finally found some numbers, and the thread on small hand flutes etc. On hole spacing. If I'm correct, in millimetres, Tipple: X--37--X--37--X joint? X--28--X--43--X CB SH FF: X--32...

I'm wanting to try out a flute. My hands are exactly 7.5" as per Casey's diagram. http://caseyburnsflutes.com/detail_photo_handsize.php Is the small-handed Folk Flute (FF) small-handed because: a) the hole spacings are 'normal' but the ring finger holes are offset (as on Doug Tipple's offset ho...

King of the cheap whistles? The Clarke Meg is $3 - cheap enough to give away to kids in a whistle class, yet not a bad whistle. You can buy them in 3 dozen batches directly from Clarke for $2 each. I have posted a song played on an untweaked Clarke Meg D on my website, http://www.whistleharmony.com...

Ballyfingers wrote:I'm in Ottawa. I'll be at the Chris Langan weekend.
Craig

I wrote a quick review of my experience at the CLW on my new blog.
http://irishmusicottawa.blogspot.com/

I'm in Ottawa. I'll be at the Chris Langan weekend.
Craig

My name is Craig. I started the whistle last September. I need to practice more often, but each month I'm better than the previous month, so I'm pretty happy with that. I grew up in Halifax Nova Scotia, moved to Newfoundland for 10 years, now living in Ottawa for the last 8 years. My grandmother was...

I'm a beginner/newbie. Megs are consistent sounding, and cheap as heck, so I got the darn things all over the place. If somebody really is curious about the whistle thing, I give one away (noticably cheaper than a pint these days!). My instructor uses one, and they are slightly tunable, and do not r...

I started in August, and after I could play scales, and get the pressure correct on both octaves etc, I took lessons as suggested by a good local player. Also, IF possible, go to sessions, listen to piles of trad, and find tunes you can learn quickly. I found that little victories gave more confiden...

I'm using an Olympus VN-3100PC for recording my lessons. So far so good. Easy to use and download wmv from.
Craig