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been trying very hard to get some tunes down on 'tape' - so very hard to get anything worth listening to, just brings home all the flaws in the piping: too fast, too messy, very frustrating

if I can i'll post some in the next day or two so brace yourselves

when you receive an instrument as a gift from a relative based in the states do you still incur all these charges?

it's only a single chanter - it's 2nd hand and was made in the uk - does this make any difference?

any way of getting pipes from usa into the uk avoiding nasties like vat?

wooden flute player sought in berkshire (reading etc) or west london and thereabouts

please post or pm whichever suits

This is a true story. I was playing Pat D'arcy's new recording in a charity shop I volunteer at, when a customer asked, quite seriously: "Is that Boyzone?"

thanks for that kenny - i'll certainly look into those - if anyone knows of anything similar in england i'd like to know about them too

Could anyone give details of any music weekends/weeks for the flute that are due to take place in the UK this year

she's only gone a few hours and people are already sending nasty jokes about her on their phones

I have just played my first few tunes on the chanter in two years. i can't believe that I let it go so long. I'm finding the going hard on my fingers - the tight triplets are going to take some slow, careful practice, and the crans lack definition and precision, but I think I've got something to wor...

Is paddy the first know exponent of what I call OCWD piping?

...can i be the Liberace?
or does someone have a prior claim?

Would anybody be able to provide me with details of how Patrick can be contacted.
Best Regards