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Just wondering, chanters made by Sam Lawrence are often advertised for sale as Hunter chanters.Are chanters made by Sam Lawrence the same as chanters made by Peter Hunter ?

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Sounds like a great project It's always a good thing when someone tries pushing the boundaries , good luck with it .

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Come on , we're all dying to know, what's the other project? Is it pipes related or have you invented some new gaget that's going to make you a billionaire but you just need a few bob to get it off the ground?

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Yeah, I'm with Steamy on this one. If you're the dreary boring type that doesn't enjoy the craic or talking to Irish people stay well clear of O Flatterys. Definitely hire a car and do the slea head drive, stop at paudie O Shea's pub for lunch,drop into Kruger's the most westerly pub in Europe and j...

Ah geanie Mac ,sure don't I live in dingle. tell me when you're coming and I'll make sure I'm away that week. :thumbsup: Only messing of course , Dingle is small and it's not hard to find good music . Cillian O'Brien plays weekends in either Flatterys or the Dingle bay hotel . Eoin ( the hyper piper...

You could also try ,ert gde xyz and kpq especially in the Dorian mode transcribed over the Arian mode with a bit of improvisation, the sky's the limit unless you're an astronaut because then there's no limit.

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Where does an E reg fit . Is it straight onto the main stock

My daughter and I recently had a fun conversation with an AI app she had downloaded. A bit scary how life like it was. I hope Arnie's going to be there to save us when AI realizes it doesn't need the human race anymore.

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Holy saint Veronica of the rabid lepers, it's just like Seamus


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Yes I agree. Just pointing out the importance of WBCP in responce to the bashing they take by certain individuals who seem to do so at every opportunity.

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As good as Seamus Ennis was I don't think he inspired as many people to take up the pipes as did the later concert pitch playing pipers. Liam of course really got the ball rolling but I think Davy Spillane was responsible for more people taking up the pipes than any other piper, especially internati...

I've heard some BK chanters that sound very close to the Rowsome chanter . I must admit I got it totally wrong regarding Colm Broderick taking on the set after Liam , I was skeptical about his ability to carry the weight of history attached to the set ,but he really has made it his own. A really fan...

Isn't it the case that Liam O'Flynn's set of pipes was originally ordered by Sean Reid from Leo Rowsome with the particular instruction to make it sound as close to a flat set as possible whilst preserving the volume and pitch of concert D? Thankfully the instructions weren't fulfilled, to my mind ...

The only disadvantage with WBCP,if you can call it that , is that the skill level needed to make them sound good is far higher than that of flat sets. Maybe the future of flat sets is that mediocre players are encouraged or maybe realize for themselves to go flat.

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So niche to be nonexistent. Other factors, would NPU be able to exist for a very limited number of pipers ? Would pipemakers be able to make a living from a very limited number of pipers ? How many pipers start on concert pitch sets and if they weren't there might not start at all ? How many pipers ...