trade: Hoover whistle for a mouthblown practice UP chanter
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trade: Hoover whistle for a mouthblown practice UP chanter
I would like to trade my traditional bore tuneable Mack Hoover D whistle for a mouthblown UP chanter. Please feel free to ask me any questions about the whistle.
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How is the motor?
Does it come with spare bags?
How is the suction?
Does it come with spare bags?
How is the suction?
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There is a place where the "mouth blown uilleann chanters" live. They play delightful tunes together from morning 'til night. The only problem is it sounds shight to everyone except themselves! Poor buggers!
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Chanter for practice
correct me if I'm wrong: There exists a chanter for practice, recently marketed, in order to learn the fingering of the UP, that is blown through the mouth. The purpose is to learn the fingering. I guess "mouth-blown" is funny, kind of like "bellow blown saxophone"? Is the sarcasm because it's a piece of junk, doesn't really exist, or no one has heard of it? I have this whistle to trade, and thought ity would be a way to get used to the fingering until I put the money together to buy a practice set.
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Re: Chanter for practice
It is a piece of junk and not worth your time. You can practice fingering on a whistle (Bb is about the right size) and get more enjoyment and tunes out of it than you ever could with the mouth blown 'hole in your wallet where your money goes' chanter.eedbjp wrote:correct me if I'm wrong: There exists a chanter for practice, recently marketed, in order to learn the fingering of the UP, that is blown through the mouth. The purpose is to learn the fingering. I guess "mouth-blown" is funny, kind of like "bellow blown saxophone"? Is the sarcasm because it's a piece of junk, doesn't really exist, or no one has heard of it? I have this whistle to trade, and thought ity would be a way to get used to the fingering until I put the money together to buy a practice set.
Somebody had one at the Florida Tionol, an experienced piper decided to give it a try on a lark, and the results were very laughable, yet sad knowing that there will be many unknowing folks who will buy this trash.
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Re: Chanter for practice
Remember the old joke about the man who went to a hardware store to buy a new tree-cutting saw? The salesman talked him into buying an expensive chain saw, with the promise that he'd cut down twice as many trees. 3 weeks later the man returned, and he was very upset, claiming that the salesman had hoodwinked him. "I cut down even FEWER trees with this heavy contraption! "eedbjp wrote:correct me if I'm wrong: There exists a chanter for practice, recently marketed, in order to learn the fingering of the UP, that is blown through the mouth. The purpose is to learn the fingering. I guess "mouth-blown" is funny, kind of like "bellow blown saxophone"? Is the sarcasm because it's a piece of junk, doesn't really exist, or no one has heard of it? I have this whistle to trade, and thought ity would be a way to get used to the fingering until I put the money together to buy a practice set.
The salesman was puzzled, and inspected the chain saw, checked the oil, the gasoline, even checked the sharpness of the cutting chain.
"Stand back," he tells the man, and then proceeds to start the chain saw, which starts on the very first pull, with a ROAR!
"What in the name of heaven is that noise?!?" the man exclaims...
These mouth-blown uilleann chanters are sort of like that.
Another example: If you wanted to learn how to drive a Formula 1 race car, would you expect to learn much if you started out with a bicycle?
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Does anyone have one of these they would be willing to part with? I'll pay shipping. I'd like to muck about with one or two just too see if I could rig up a reed that might work with it plugged into a bag and bellows. Yes...I like to torture myself with the impossible. For each one, I'll send you a hand painted water color of wee folk with pipes. P.M. me if interested.
Marc
Marc
Um....Mom, Dad?......I'm Gaelic.