Thin chanters from modern makers

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PJ, I spoke to Kevin about three years ago. Seems he was mostly done. Would love to hear different. Perhaps Tommy Martin has later news.

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Our esteemed stalwart of the UP forum, Davy, just posted this on the Ebay thread. Looks like a fairly thin chanter.
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Speaking of 40 years, I t was exactly 40 years ago tonight
that I met Bill Ochs standing on the steps outside of Carnegie Hall.
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My first full set was bought from Doug Wilkinson and Glen McCarthy just over 40 years ago. Cost £400 which I had saved from my summer job while a student. Carried them back, wrapped in cardboard, from their workshop in east London to my hall of residence on the bus.
Chanter was definitely chunky, with scalloped finger holes.

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Ian Lawther wrote:My first full set was bought from Doug Wilkinson and Glen McCarthy just over 40 years ago. Cost £400 which I had saved from my summer job while a student. Carried them back, wrapped in cardboard, from their workshop in east London to my hall of residence on the bus.
Chanter was definitely chunky, with scalloped finger holes.

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I swapped a guitar amp for a Wilkinson and McCarthy 1/2 set many years ago. The chanter was, as you say, chunky. I ended up turning the outside diameter down quite a lot. The scalloped holes helped as I didn’t need to worry about changing the tuning. Which was a pity, as it never played in tune!
I still have it.

With regards to modern makers, Gordon Galloway’s chanters are quite slim.
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rorybbellows wrote:Silly me, funny how the mind works. I read it as modern chanters from thin makers .
This is possibly the thinnest a chanter can be. Made by Johnny Doran I wonder what it sounded like .

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Probably "tinny"
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