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Do you mean "tipping " as in the ram/sheep context?

Yes it is Brian. I believe that it's Josie McDermott and Tommy Flynn playing at 3:13 until Felix starts to play at 3:39 minutes. The musicians around 3.13 are Con Curtain,landlord of the Balloon pub in Lots Rd.London,and the flute player is Paddy Taylor,who made a nice LP about 10 years later, and ...

Hi Guys, I'm selling a lovely Michael Dow Chanter in B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEYNEmhPh4 A maker more known for his amazing bellows, but he makes some very nice pipes too. Really lovely B chanter for sale, selling to fund restoration on some old pipes. Top quality chanter, great tone and...

Banana wood? I now play Banana Wood chanters all the time, they seem to suck a little extra tone from a good reed and are a bit warmer than the many Blackwood/ Rosewood chanters I have owned. There is just one exception and that is a C chanter made by Ned White in Pennsylvania, around 1860/70ish,ha...

Thanks,.P.J., looks like a flute maker would be quicker and hopefully not not cost an arm and a leg. Thanks for the responses,much appreciated.

I recently bought some of the Howard unfinished chanters,forgetting that he mounted his keys on metal pillars and not the block mounts which are more common. As they were turned down but did not have the holes drilled I forgot that I would need to have to send them to a pipemaker/flute maker to have...

Ennis was approaching his peak ,in my opinion, around that time. The Doolin recordings he made maybe a few years later were also superb. Present day pipers, who do their homework properly, or maybe those who aspire to be pipers in future years, can only hope to emulate the great master, learning to ...

I have just heard four tracks from David Power/Willie Kellys new cd. It is absolutely splendid. I would thoroughly recommend it to every piper, whether advanced or novice, great selection of tunes, and played the way it used to be played. I do not post very often on this forum, but being so impresse...

Hi gys its jay here.can anyone tell me where i can find a good decent supplier of imitation ivory? Ive tried masecraft but there not replying to me. Any help would be appreciated Cheers jay Lots to be found in the U.K., apparently. There is also the option of sourcing a manufacturer of large toy el...