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by Roger O'Keeffe
Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:43 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: An Annual Brownnosing
Replies: 2
Views: 5606

Re: An Annual Brownnosing

Seconded. Just dropped in after several years' (or was it decades'?) absence. Nice to see the forum still going strong, even if I only recognise a handful of names. Your little project has created a great community, Dale, and the good stuff outweighs all the ups and downs. May it have many more year...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:12 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Practice Regime
Replies: 6
Views: 3328

Re: Practice Regime

A slightly different approach to the question. This is something I put together early in Covid lockdown to try to discipline myself to practise specific techniques and loosen up before i start practising tunes. The funny thing is that, shortly before it happened, I had resolved to concentrate on &qu...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
Topic: Music Theory for trad players
Replies: 51
Views: 55144

Re: Music Theory for trad players

They have the same conversations about Flamenco. And even cante melismatico gets a mention. :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5ibrgmu5Y
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:18 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Long pipes case
Replies: 8
Views: 9094

Re: Long pipes case

I found a rifle case in the local fishing/hunting shop and the set fits, although the padding needs modification. It only set me back £60 but I felt a bit awkward and self-conscious buying a gun case -- "Er...it's for a musical instrument..." I'll have to cover it with bumper stickers. It...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:13 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: John Keenan Snr.
Replies: 7
Views: 8139

Re: John Keenan Snr.

I got my first practice set from John Senior in, I think, 1971. At the time, John was spending some time with Matt Kiernan learning about pipe-making, and he certainly made the bag and bellows. He was very proud of the bellows: he told me repeatedly "That's a bellows that'll last you a natural ...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:45 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Ebay Items
Replies: 1842
Views: 1152978

Re: Ebay Items

So did I. Amazed you remember :oops: (or that anyone noticed at all), probably haven't worn it since 1994/5, still have it though. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg/300px-MagrittePipe.jpg I spend too much of my time on Twitter, and have been neglecting my duties ...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon May 07, 2018 12:09 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Liam O`Flynn R.I.P
Replies: 57
Views: 28840

Re: Liam O`Flynn R.I.P

I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn @46.42! Some people have such dirty minds, he's talking about the four legged variety of course. RORY If you listen carefully, you'll notice that he calls it "An *phuis* fhliuch", which does indeed refer to the four-legged variety. I wonder was this i...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Tue May 17, 2016 3:54 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Great afternoon at the South Downs Uilleann Pipers
Replies: 6
Views: 2967

Re: Great afternoon at the South Downs Uilleann Pipers

McVitie's dark chocolate half-covered digestive biscuits. Polyorgastic.
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon May 09, 2016 5:39 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Lady Pipers
Replies: 3
Views: 2249

Re: Lady Pipers

If you want to watch the prog, do so soon, as they only stay up for a limited time on the TG4 website.
by Roger O'Keeffe
Mon May 09, 2016 4:59 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
Replies: 6
Views: 3386

Re: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916

Here's a link to the issue of An Píobaire devoted to Éamonn Ceannt: http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1095&mediaId=26935 I have scoured the interweb, but the TG4 documentary is nowhere to be found. The last couple of episodes of the series are still on TG4 viewer for a few days, but the e...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Sun May 08, 2016 3:31 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
Replies: 6
Views: 3386

Re: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916

*scrapes egg off face* Realised that today was the 8th! I misread the date on my watch on Friday, and plead in mitigation that the light was poor when I read it. So this evening, to atone, I played The Kid on the Mountain. There were wreath-laying ceremonies in Kilmainham Jail this morning for the f...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Fri May 06, 2016 4:39 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Ebay Items
Replies: 1842
Views: 1152978

Re: Ebay Items

dunnp wrote:There is an email contact (or pm) for Michael the apparent new owner of the Gallagher pipes
in this very thread on page 55
... Michael's post featuring the unconsciously ironic comment "No idea if I paid too much or got a steal". Ouch! :o
by Roger O'Keeffe
Fri May 06, 2016 4:22 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
Replies: 6
Views: 3386

Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916

Today is the centenary of the death of Éamonn Ceannt, who is mainly known as one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, executed in the aftermath of the Easter 1916 Rising. I only became aware within the last year or so how important he was in the preservation of the living tr...
by Roger O'Keeffe
Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:48 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Spruce Chanter Reed (demo)
Replies: 39
Views: 19999

Re: Spruce Chanter Reed (demo)

Oboe plaque : https://www.google.com/search?q=oboe+plaque&tbm=isch&imgil=iHsnPIPP3xvykM%253A%253BAplfSOnJI7OWqM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.amazon.com%25252FRigotti-Oboe-Reed-Plaques-Plaque%25252Fdp%25252FB001KII6MA&source=iu&pf=m&fir=iHsnPIPP3xvykM%253A%252CAplfSOnJI7OWqM%...