Hi Folks,
just curious, how many of you make your own reeds I'm thinking chanter here. Would you be confident enough to make a good working reed and if so did you work to a method suggested by your pipemaker or did you use one of the many methods available from e.g. SWAUP, NPU, Evertjan t'Hart etc?
Cheers, Mac
Make your own Reeds?
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MacEachain
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Make your own Reeds?
In theory there's no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is.
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For my Hillmann D chanter, I basically use the method taught by Benedict Koehler as of 1996.
Reedmaking Notes from Benedict Koehler's Class in Elkins 1996
For my Nick Whitmer D chanter and my Seth Gallagher C chanter , I use The guide at SETH'S REED MAKING WORKSHOP
Reedmaking Notes from Benedict Koehler's Class in Elkins 1996
For my Nick Whitmer D chanter and my Seth Gallagher C chanter , I use The guide at SETH'S REED MAKING WORKSHOP
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I started making brass/cane drone reeds about 6 years ago, then double reeds a bit later. Only until about the last year or so have I been able to constistently make reeds that don't look like they've been chewed on. I use a mishmash of techniques to make reeds; some things I thought up on my own, such as wrapping sandpaper around a ruler to sand the lips, or using a smaller gouge to make the bed in the tails for the staple. If you're going to get just one book I'd buy the Dave Hegarty, it has a wide variety of approaches to all kinds of reeds, and a wide variety of information.