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Hi have had a set of Vpipes for a long time, which are handy for practising or learning tunes off recordings in different keys on the quiet. Mostly they've been fine over the years but recently I have a fault I can't diagnose. Battery seems OK, charging and holding. On switch and boot seems to work ...

Hi have had a set of Vpipes for a long time, which are handy for practising or learning tunes off recordings in different keys on the quiet. Mostly they've been fine over the years but recently I have a fault I can't diagnose. Battery seems OK, charging and holding. On switch and boot seems to work ...

I think it’s also from context of military bands / wind bands. Bb and Eb (both names of transposing instruments and common key staves) are pretty much always that.

Yep, I have a cheap Pakistani chanter somewhere, different design but also played bang in tune with the first random spare reed I pulled out of the reject box. The keys were uncomfortable but it wasn’t bad, not sure if it had been reworked

Indeed, and Spotify is quite a good way to discover artists whose CDs you might want to buy

Hi, also this for your listening pleasure, 500+ tracks (but a bit more trad)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2f9Au ... GtgWryehYo

Yep, Sam’s a friend, I asked him earlier on and he couldn’t remember exactly what he did with your B but I’ll tell him you’re happy with it, good to know

Hi, has anyone reeded, or plays, a Ginsberg B chanter? I’m looking for a reed or reed dimensions, to reduce the guesswork

I think Gay McKeon is usually in the back room at Hughes on a Sunday.

If you’re going to Ennis the early eve Friday ‘piping heaven - piping hell’ session

It’s really not ‘extremely rare’. It is what it is, a very nice Eb whistle from a well-known and very popular maker.

It’s not often you’d get a maker to cut a hole in another maker’s flute, let alone a Wilkes, does Chris know?

I have a mid-nineteenth century English 8 key cocos flute, with metal lip plate and wide ferrule rings. It should fix up fine with some work and play in tune. I picked it up for similar purpose but never got around to it. There’s the usual type of crack through head and barrel, one of the key pins i...

If anyone in Europe feels left out and has a spare $9,000 knocking about then I’d consider selling mine too!

The player will have more influence than the flute and you’d have to play quite a sample to generalise. I have a very early (c1821) R&R that I think is great across its range (if possibly a bit low pitched) but I use a replacement head as the original embouchure is either a bit rough or has been...

I've played the flute and can vouch for it and for the seller, it is what it says it is.