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Hi ! I have a set of them BASE 6,643 mm, Bariton 5,99 mm, tenor 6,06 mm (with a little tape) Right now im am using cane reeds. When i had to insert my tenor reed i had to remove the rubber sleve and put on a little tape to fit in the reed. I would not chagge the mouth of the drone as it would not be...

Hi! The whistle part of the shop is stil running with a new man in charge. Same web adress. hHe might point you in the right direction.
Mogens

I got my practice set back in 1977. Had an upgrade to a full set in 1978 (all by Brian Howard) and played witrh tha same reed all the way until about 1990. Then i choped a pice ott one finger on my right hand. No piping and no flute for quit some time. Around 2010 i went back to the pipes again and ...

Hi! In 1977 i was on som job-training in Waterford. One night i saw The Furey's in a pub and met Brian Howard there. A fer Days later i ordrede a practice set to be ready when i returned a month later for more training. I picked up the set, and Brian had arranged som clases with Tomme Kearney and i ...

Piping highlights from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 1993-2019. Interesting to hear the pipers different styles of piping here and the variety of tones of the different sets of pipes played. The highlight for me was the piping of Sean McKiernan. The oldest piper playing in this selection, but with ...

Tommy gave me some lessons on my new beginner set back in 1977. I met him again in his home in Dunmoreast in 1979. He was a great teacher !

Ceann Cromtha wrote:A flat minor. Yes, it was up earlier, but who'd ever get tired of watching it?

I was there at the time with my new ckanter, bag and bellow. My tutor was Brendan Breathnach who was using the whistle to learn us the chanter.

I don't think anybody at N.P.U. cares much for what happens outside of Dublin, so those people you mention might as well live on another planet. They do hold a lot of events in Dublin, but their premises are there and they're at least partly funded by Dublin City Council, so I'd have expected it up...

There's nothing quite like the Uilleann pipes for expressiveness and I would be the last person to try to disuade you from attempting the transition. I tried to do the same but, after several years, I gave up and went back to the GHB. I found it easy to play simple tunes on the Uilleann pipes but w...

pancelticpiper wrote:I saw Paddy Keenan use the thumb, Joe McKenna use the bottom of the chanter, Denis Brooks take the right hand off the chanter and play all the reg keys like a keyboard...

I have found this take : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeBc2BsDUqA Great playing

Hi!

My ballows is made by Brian Howard back in 1977, and they are stil going well airtight an all. I have changed the bag but not doe to leeks, more for comfort and volume. Now i am using a L&M bag.

Just for the info!

Actually, Brian was gone from Kilmacow at that stage, but a photo should clear that up, I think he posts here. I cannot think of anyone in Waterford county making back then. I had a full set made from Brian back in 1977/78 at that time from Kilmacow near Waterford in Ireland. Now the famely is back...

Actually, Brian was gone from Kilmacow at that stage, but a photo should clear that up, I think he posts here. I cannot think of anyone in Waterford county making back then. I had a full set made from Brian back in 1977/78 at that time from Kilmacow near Waterford in Ireland. Now the famely is back...

NicoMoreno wrote:Tommy Keane. I believe Bobby Casey is one of the fiddlers, too.

That is Tommy all right. He is playing a Brian Howard full set made in around 1975 in Waterford, Ireland.
Regards Mogens

Tommy Kearney was my wery first tutor back in 1977 in Waterford - just a few nights, but enough to make me stay in piping ! I met him last time in 1979 in his home in Donmore East. What a day - i will newer forget it! I went to Miltown in 1978 and 1979. Then i had a break, but have been back since 2...