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Early Pucks were not Resonators. They were just solid disks with an IN and an OUT. I assume the 'Resonator' was a developement that arrived with the Taylor or 'wide bore' pipes around the turn of the 1900's. The idea must have been to get more noise out of the Bass drone , a noise I do not care for!

If yer havn't ordered or got this recording yet yer'd better put it on that 'to do' list. It's a marvel.
And happy new year to all.
Geoff.

I've ordered my copy. 8 tracks on the C set from Padraic... wow! I thought the set would come in third place.

I'll get Mrs. W. to wrap it and put it under the Christmas tree.......

If we are to ascribe certain makers to common key profiles then the Tear Drop is perhaps best described as Egan shape even though more prolific examples exist by later makers, notably the Rowsomes.

PJ wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:41 am

I'm happy when I have one good reed.

Yes, me too!!!! If that GOOD reed is in the chanter then everything else can be encouraged to work with it.

Mr.Gumby wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:58 am


Hehe, I was reading this thread two days ago and thought of little Seamus' exact same phrase

and pronounced " tic peeled rooosh "

Yes indeed FG, you have a good point there. Once everything is nicely in tune at 'room temperature' the amount of in/out movement needed to correct any small faults is minimal and should not result in a local correction blob ending up on the wrong side of a tone hole. Originally the pins were used t...

When a set of pipes is ' cold', when you begin to play, the chanter will be a little low in pitch. As the set warms up the pitch will rise a little but the chanter reed will rise in pitch a little more than the regulator reeds because it is constantly in use. By drawing out the 'tuning pins' the reg...

Sad news.

We used to enjoy visits from Michael when he would ask me to repair something on his pipes and proceed to tell us lots of stories. He was very entertaining and a fine musician too.

Indeed Peter!
It being the Nickel Silver version 35 years of everyday Piping. How many hours do you think ? 15- 20,000 hours.... more ?

The metal hinges shown in the articles cited on this thread all have very short bearing surfaces. I make a hinge, all turned on the lathe, with two bearing surfaces of 15mm long x 6.25mm diameter. These hinges fit between the bellows boards in a similar way to the Taylor type. One very heavily used ...

What sort of hinge are you looking for , as in what faces do you wish to mount it to ?

Announced today is the passing of Paddy Moloney. One of those in a lucky position to be able to enlighten the outside world to the joys of the Uilleann Pipes.

The 390mm chanter suggests a C# set. Best to check this against the length of the Baritone Regulator, which should be slightly longer than the chanter by 10 to 12mm. The mounts on the chanter look to me like bone, perhaps horse ? I recall Standeven talking to me about a Coyne set he had bought from ...

Yes, that is what I do but , with the caveat that I play a Flat Set where the note holes of the chanter are a lot smaller than a Concert chanter. I am not sure if you would need the two holes open on a modern D chanter. With the small note holes perhaps there is not enough of a sudden change of regi...