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| Author: | Steampacket [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds? |
I wonder if Brian McNamara, Padraig McGovern & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds? I know Mick O'Brian makes his own reeds. Watching video clips of these four pipers, playing live, I've noticed that their chanters/pipes are always very in tune. |
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| Author: | pudinka [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
I don't know about Mr. Vallely, but I heard Mr. McNamara say 'no' to the question once. |
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| Author: | razzmaster [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
Nor does Mr. Vallely, at least as of a conversation a few years back. |
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| Author: | Christian Tietje [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
Hello friends, we had a lot of them in classes & sitting and talking on the Pipers Chair. As they told us: Mick builds his own things (had some discussions with him about staple regarding 2nd octave). Cillian does not. I had asked him about his drone reeds. He has a friend in the background. Paddy Keenan did. Brian I have never asked. Also I've not asked Padraigh. A perfect reed can only be made by the piper who plays it for at minimum one year - summer und winter included. No reed maker has time enough to play, test, scratch for four weeks until it's perfect. |
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| Author: | Steampacket [ Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
Thanks for your replies. I suppose Mickey Dunne is probably the reed tech. for Blackie O'Connell and Marie Ni Ghrada (her D set that is)? |
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| Author: | elbowmusic [ Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
My educated guess is that Brian MacNamara plays reed made by the makers of his sets. Last I knew that would be Benedict Koehler and Geoff Woof. I imagine that Mick makes the reeds for Paidraig's D set, as Mick made all the reeds for the sets made by Victor Mullally ( I believe). |
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| Author: | elbowmusic [ Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
Steampacket wrote: Thanks for your replies. I suppose Mickey Dunne is probably the reed tech. for Blackie O'Connell and Marie Ni Ghrada (her D set that is)? Doesn't Maire play a D set by Benedict Koehler? |
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| Author: | Bellows [ Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do Brian McNamara & Cillain Vallely make their own reeds |
Steampacket wrote: Thanks for your replies. I suppose Mickey Dunne is probably the reed tech. for Blackie O'Connell and Marie Ni Ghrada (her D set that is)? Not sure who made Máire Ní Ghráda's reeds but I know Blackie plays reeds made by Richard Patkos mostly. Sometimes switches to Paddy O' Hare chanter reed while he's waiting for a new reed from Richard. |
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