Mick O'Brien chanter ???
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Mick O'Brien chanter ???
Anyone know details of the chanter/reed set up used by Mick O'Brien on his May Morning Dew recording? Specifically, his concert D set. I've really enjoyed his tonallity (sp?) and looove that hard D! Just a curiosity really, but would like to know. So any of you who may have heard, met, talked to, played with, dated or otherwise would posses such knowledge - it'd be appreciated.
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Benedict Koehler made a new one for the W. Rowesome sometime in the past couple years that is easier to blow (than the one from the MMD recording), but I think the W.R. still takes a bit more "humoring", and Mick says he's grown to like the Froment a lot anyhow. (I think the W.R with Benedict's reed may actually be a little easier to blow than the Froment, but that could be faulty memory and limited experience on my part). The W.R. chanter seems to have been designed to play at a higher-than-modern pitch, which makes sense considering that it was made in 1921; this probably accounts for its need for a complex bell rush, ferrule extension, etc. etc. for tuning purposes. Tonally a gorgeous chanter though.boyd wrote:...and he said he chose to move to the Froment chanter at a later point because the Rowesome one was needing a harder blow...
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