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ytliek wrote:That's one woodie I wouldn't mind having.

Is gidgee a rare wood, endangered, or just not exported much?

Its not rare nor endangered, just not very often cut. You can have as much as you like though I have no idea how expensive it is. Try here, http://www.loggerheads.com.au

The Turning Wave Festival 20011 has announced their first guest and it is a piper, Peter Phelan from Dublin.

Don't fork out a fortune for an expensive one, have a look here http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_category.php?category=1310310429&First=D&Last=D A dial indicator will set you back about $15. Starrett is better quality (and ten times the price) but you will never see the diff...

There are two skills needed; one is knowing where the notes you are hearing in the tune are on your instrument. This comes after much playing, it can't be forced but one day you will suddenly realise it is there. Once you have this you can learn a tune without your instrument, simply by learning to ...

"You stupid idiot, you say you are just having a bit of a think and coming up with an idea or two that might improve life. Life is OK the way it is! How many times have we told you to just keep your head down and work hard! All you are going to do is make yourself the laughing stock and us with...

Hey, someone from NSW who plays ITM and has a nice bike..!

Read the VPipes threads... There is one set here in Sydney at least, don't know if he reads this board

regs

Chris

Port Fairy is in Australia...

Ian is around $18-1900 Australian for a practise set in Blackwood, but I would suggest talking to him by phone at least even if you don't think you can make his price.

Chris

There's a summer school just out of Melbourne, in Koroit, which always has a pipe class. I think it is taught by Pat Lyons...

The only maker in Aus I know is Ian McKenzie. He is in the Blue Mountains, Blackheath. Nice bloke. I know a couple of people in Sydney who have his pipes if you want to ask about them.

Chris

I'm about to go to Ireland, and ever hoping to kill two birds with one stone, does anyone know if Mick O'Brien has a regular gig anywhere I could roll up for..?

Chris

My iPhone has a cheap ($2?) metronome that works through headphones, has all the bells and whistles, plus a tap counter (if you tap to the beat of a recorded tune it will tell you how fast it is.) You would not hear it over the pipes without headphones.

I have been using an Edirol for some time and apart from the plainly silly battery cover and clunky menu it is a superb recorder. However I have recently downloaded an application for my Iphone (works on Ipods as well) that looks as if it will do everything I want, and rather than carrying two gadge...

The way he pronounced his name when he visited here recently was "Kwiveen O' Reilly"

chris

4) persuade the session leader to never start that tune again...