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Timbers like laburnum, holly and of course boxwood seemed to be quite popular among pipemakers, also the local fruitwoods.
For boxwood, try
www.octopus.com.tr/store/
www.cropp-timber.com
www.theodor-nagel.com

First, you should learn to play in the lowest register (the very quiet one). Start with A, you'll have to open your mouth a little bit wider than for the higher registers, using very low air pressure. If you get low A right, go down the range. You will notice that it is necessary to adapt your embou...

You can play low C# in both the kaba and the 1st register by moving your little finger a tiny bit towards the end of the kaval (but not open the hole!!!, maybe I should rather say THINK of moving your finger) and at the same time angling the kaval towards the middle of your body. If you use this fin...

Jens Güntzel in Germany has experimented with glass fibre reeds which I found very impressing for the regs although I didn't like them so much in the chanter. I'm not sure if he continued this path, but if you're interested I will find out for you. Myself I have tried many different kinds of plastic...

Although I have never tried it myself (scared off by the price) I have seen a few objects made from red and black palmira (as is the commercial name over here). I do think it is a fine wood for turning, however, looking at the texture, I'm not so sure about its acoustical properties. It seems to be ...

On the earliest recordings (The Pipers' Rock) he played a William Rowsome set with a Moss Kennedy chanter. During his time with the Moving Hearts and beyond he played a Denis Crowley set with a Leo Rowsome chanter. This is the set pictured on the Atlantic Bridge album and is now in my possession (wi...