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I, myself, was never that well practiced!

It's great fun in D, and was always one of my favorites. A little tougher in A, but not too hard if you're well practiced.

A mighty sad day for the magnificent ambassador for the music and tradition. Who could forget his epic storytelling, especially his long winded joke about the local barber's pilgrimage to Vatican City! No one would know better of those famous stories than the great piper Michael Cooney. When they we...

Ask Nick Whitmer. I bet he knows something.

I would also appreciate a link. Thanks!

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Practice set 80's Quinn blackwood/maple/brass chanter, C key, and stocks, Hillmann maple double leather bellows, (2 X 4 oz. Dominion leather,) not used since sewn, 4.5 oz Dominion leather sewn bag, unused, 18 yrs. since refitting. No reed. Best Offer. Email for pics. markhillmann1@gmail.com

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Practice set 80's Quinn blackwood/maple/brass chanter, C key, and stocks, Hillmann maple double leather bellows, (2 X 4 oz. Dominion leather,) not used since sewn, 4.5 oz Dominion leather sewn bag, unused, 18 yrs. since refitting. No reed. Best Offer. Email for pics. markhillmann1@gmail.com

There is a section on maintenance in "The Union Pipes, A Workbook"

An encyclopedic volume, well worth studying.

I have been mic'd many times, in all kinds of settings. The best my pipes ever sounded was in the engineer's girlfriend's house, in her highly-tuffetted bedroom. Pillows were piled high on the ruffled bed in front of me, and the room was as dead as dead could ever be. I did my best for 10 minutes, a...

This is bad news for the future of boxwood. It has reached our suburban garden in the D.C. area.

http://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documen ... -08-11.pdf

Who's behind this?

https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm

john wrote:any idea what these are?

The tag on the bellows says "T. Crowley, 10 Merchants Quay, Cork," (and other things.) FWIW, you know, "T Crowley, Cork, " etc. Just sayin'. Not exactly "not very useful," and certainly not worthless.

Your pipe maker might inform you that your tenor regulator wasn't designed to play a D.

Unless...

Um, what key is your set pitched in?

I remember hearing Tim Britton playing up to f via some fingering combination of half tones. No idea how he did it though.