How to flatten a Generation...

OutOfBreath · Post by **OutOfBreath** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:09 am

Steven wrote:
brianc wrote:Otherwise, you whistlers have WAY too much time on your hands.
Hey, whaddya mean you whistlers??!!! You're one of us -- get used to it!!!!

Steven

Ahh, give him a break. He hasn't been whistling long enough to suffer brain damage from oxygen deprivation so naturally he can't relate to the rest of us yet...

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:13 pm

OutOfBreath wrote:Ahh, give him a break. He hasn't been whistling long enough to suffer brain damage from oxygen deprivation so naturally he can't relate to the rest of us yet...

I dunno.... He's got almost 200 posts, so he's been around here enough!

Steven

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:18 pm

On the pipers' forum.

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:25 pm

Yeah, but what are the pipes but just an overcomplicated high-tech whistle?

*ducks and runs for cover*

Steven

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:26 pm

The real question is, how do you flatten a set of uillean pipes?

Anyone? OutOfBreath?

OutOfBreath · Post by **OutOfBreath** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:49 pm

Bloomfield wrote:The real question is, how do you flatten a set of uillean pipes?

Anyone? OutOfBreath?

Hmmm, for that I think you'd need one of those six-wheeled amphibious ATVs (four wheels would probably be inadequate). I'm not sure though. So, if somebody wants to, er, lend me a set of pipes I'll give it some thought and get back to you...

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:29 pm

I have some flat pipes that look as round as my concert set does.

I was confused for years when hearing about flat pipes, wondering what they were.

I ain't gonna tell you what makes them flat either. You gotta figger that out yourself.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:45 pm

Bloomfield wrote:The real question is, how do you flatten a set of uillean pipes?

Anyone? OutOfBreath?

Mess with his reeds?

Or give him a C or Bb chanter? (Stealth approach - he's thankful, but he still can't play with others)

janice · Post by **janice** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:13 pm

At last! A use for Pakistani pipe sets!!

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:14 am

Flatten the pitch of a whistle without disassembling? Easy...

Glue (/tape=/solder) large enough "ears" around its window. See organ "flutes", or Copeland mezzo/low whistles (note only the side walls are really necessary). Brings everything down by as much as a quarter-tone. Focuses the sound, too. Also helps if low tones tend to overblow too easily.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:36 pm

Isn't perfect pitch in pipes, when you toss them into the lake without hitting the ducks

MarkB

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:41 pm

MarkB wrote:Isn't perfect pitch in pipes, when you toss them into the lake without hitting the ducks

Didn't I just read right here on the board that perfect pitch is when you toss them out the window and they land on the banjo?

C

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 4:50 pm

I thought it was without hitting the sides of the dumpster.

CHIFF FIPPLE · Post by **CHIFF FIPPLE** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:12 am

Bloomfield wrote:OutofBreath: You're a man after my own heart. You understand what music is all about.

Too right

I always knew you had gotten a handel on the musick thing Bloom

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:49 pm

cskinner wrote:
MarkB wrote:Isn't perfect pitch in pipes, when you toss them into the lake without hitting the ducks
Didn't I just read right here on the board that perfect pitch is when you toss them out the window and they land on the banjo?

C

No, that's when you toss them out of an upper-story window and they strike the fiddler and accordion player passing by on their way to the pub.