Inquiring piper wants to know

[glands]

Who's producing the greatest number of acceptable/playable concert sets these days?

Who crafts the best concert pitch-looking flat sets?

Who crafts the quietest wide-bore flat sets?

If David Quinn and Geoff Woof engineered and crafted a set of pipes together what woud be the result?

Should pipers arm wrestle other people with their non-dominant arms?

Anyone have a C# set they are ecstatic about and want to tell us about?

Whyizit my D and C sets play like a dream one nite but not the next despite identical temp, humidity, same time of nite, same room, same chair, blah blah blah?

Do you think linearly or in packets when playing a tune?

If you were to propose a new name for regulators what would it be?

Since a chanter doesnt really chant why do we call it a chanter?

Can you think of any other event, other than a tionol, where "the bores" are more important than the folks who think they're the main attraction?

[TWJ]

Re 'Why Chanter' enquiry - it's French - the verb 'to sing'

[CHasR]

ok :0 I'll bite !!

Who's producing the greatest number of acceptable/playable concert sets these days?

The pipemaker that's had their books closed for the longest period of time.

Do you think linearly or in packets when playing a tune?

Yes. And, no. In other words, sometimes. One must put the packets in a cohesive 'syntax', in order for the larger, more 'cogent' lines (sentences) to relate the tune as a complete whole, which intentionally expresses more than the sum of its parts.

If you were to propose a new name for regulators what would it be?

Mass instruments of harmonic construction. Wait thats too long...howzabout..."Regs" Wait no, too snarky. , .hmm howazabout 'buttons'? hmm. no... this is a tough question.

Since a chanter doesnt really chant why do we call it a chanter?

Well, as I understand it, this all has to to with Indoeuropean root languages. Chanting, derives of course from canto, cantare, cantabile, i.e. "To Sing"....the common usage of 'chant' implies a more monophonic texture as practised by certain monastic sects in the middle ages. Add a drone, and regs, and the texture changes. Every epoch defines its chosen favorite instrument by the one that most closely imitates the human voice. So its the piece of a bagipe that most closely approaches that vocal deal. & Thats why. But you knew all of this already, I bet.

[lordofthestrings]

Yes.











Good questions! Now you've given me something to think about today, maybe I'll stop back later and post a few ideas.

[An Draighean]

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[ennischanter]

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Yes...

[DjUntzUntz]

Who's producing the greatest number of acceptable/playable concert sets these days?

If David Quinn and Geoff Woof engineered and crafted a set of pipes together what woud be the result?

Don't get me wrong. I don't know David Quinn but I heard about his work and that it's good. I know Geoff from the C&F forums
and he's a very friendly man with a lot of knowledge about the pipes (and I also know he makes great pipes), but why is it
always about these two pipemakers?

How about Bill haneman, Andreas Rogge, Seth gallagher and all the other good pipemakers we can mention?

[ennischanter]

Anyone have a C# set they are ecstatic about and want to tell us about?

Yes, it's not a set, but it is a nice chanter! Will be getting drones soon!




Unless this is some sort of passive aggressive message to me.....

[glands]

Bill H is awesome! I like the sound of his work. The looks too. I'd own a C# set of his make.

Anybody bothered by the fact that there are 13 keys on a full set of regulators? Maybe they're inherently unlucky and thats why they creep out of tune.

My Cn note was flat to the drones and regs this morn. Here's what I did to fix it...remove windcap...look at reed with consternation..... touch bridle without any pereptible movement of such...voila....singing like a carnary now!

I'm thinking of Uilleann Pipes.....elbow pipes...when the shoulders are where its at (as I feel it in my left one trying to drive this D set)...and the hands...and the lap...should we rename them shoulder or lap pipes???? Whats Gaelic for Lap pipes? Shoulder pipes? Old microbiologists change the names of bacteria all the time...shouldn't old pipers be able to change the name of the instrument?! It's our responsibility!!

[Ted]

Why not call them union pipes, they name they had until G. Flood published the spurious name uilleann pipes, in order to have an Irish name for the instrument.

[ennischanter]

Whyizit my D and C sets play like a dream one nite but not the next despite identical temp, humidity, same time of nite, same room, same chair, blah blah blah?

They are too tired, or not in the mood!

[pancelticpiper]

If you were to propose a new name for regulators what would it be?

That's a good question! "Regulators" is terrible... it's rather long and technical-sounding but it has nothing to do with what the things are... they don't "regulate" anything.

Thing is, the other pipes have succinct one-word names which describe exactly what they do: the chanter "sings" the tune and the drones "drone".

The regs accompany or harmonise. Perhaps a French word meaning "the things that accompany" or "the things that harmonise" would be the best, if such words exist.

The words symphony, zampogna, tsumpoi, etc mean "sound together" and maybe something along those lines would be good.

"Chorders" says what they do but sounds a bit odd. Well I guess anything other than "regulators" will sound odd, to us.

[Brazenkane]

[quote="glands"]
Who crafts the best concert pitch-looking flat sets?

Arguably, 3 or 4 makers.


Who crafts the quietest wide-bore flat sets?

The one who makes the quietest reeds.


If David Quinn and Geoff Woof engineered and crafted a set of pipes together what woud be the result?

A set of pipes that both secretly think, "man.. 1/2 this set looks perfect!"


Whyizit my D and C sets play like a dream one nite but not the next despite identical temp, humidity, same time of nite, same room, same chair, blah blah blah?

...sometimes you're in better practice. So... things feel, or even sound different, but only due to being in shape or out of shape. . My guess is that your pipes aren't changing at all, and if so... so slightly, you wouldn't notice, especially as you said, "identical temp, humidity, same time of nite, same room, same chair."

[oleorezinator]

"Chorders" says what they do but sounds a bit odd. Well I guess anything other than "regulators" will sound odd, to us.

Chord pipes.