burping bellows

Rick Hall · Post by **Rick Hall** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:36 pm

Jen,
There are a couple of pipers in your area. Make your way downtown to the Jack of the Wood Pub any Sunday afternoon about 5PM. Quinto Espina has recently resurfaced at this session (after quite a sabbatical) and a young man by the name of Duncan Wickel, an incredibly fine musician. This list's own J. Devereaux may be found there, probably playing fiddle but may be able to help with the pipes as well.
Good luck to you. And if you make it west over the mountains give me a shout.
Rick

jen-m · Post by **jen-m** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:27 pm

thank you! thank you!

i met quinto awhile ago and have been on the lookout for him. i know that pub well and will definitely seek them out. i am SO relieved to know there are others in town. the more i practice the more i feel like i'm creating bad habits from the start ...ie. having the bag so far back that i'm squeezing the dang flamingo neck and not the body.

btw, someone mentioned to me that they thought pat sky wrote an article about belching bellows. does anyone know where i can find that as mine have started up again.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:53 am

If your bellows has a leather flap it may have dried out a bit. Rubbing in some leather softener may help improve the seal and avoid the farting bellows syndrom. Be EXTREMELY careful not to tear the flap off at the hinge where it connects to the blowpipe. This is a very thin layer of leather, and easily ripped.

djm

jen-m · Post by **jen-m** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:37 pm

i can't get out of the house just yet to get that. do you think i could use olive oil instead?

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:36 pm

I hope you're kidding. What will you do when the olive oil goes rancid and every pump of the bellows sends out waves of stale spaghetti odours?

djm

rasp · Post by **rasp** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:42 pm

djm wrote:I hope you're kidding. What will you do when the olive oil goes rancid and every pump of the bellows sends out waves of stale spaghetti odours?

djm

well then, it will smell like it sounds

jen-m · Post by **jen-m** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:47 am

er, actually i was serious. i use it to clean/polish my leather and vinyl shoes. it does a great job and i've never noticed an odor.

i think i'm just going to leave it alone for now. ...but it is really annoying.

Rick Hall · Post by **Rick Hall** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:53 am

Jen,
Make sure that when the bellows are strapped on the leather flap on the valve hangs straight down.
Rick

maze · Post by **maze** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:16 am

I have to second the rave about Duncan... an amazing young piper. Certainly he could be pursuaded to help as last time I saw him, he was quite nice.

I suspect the flapper valve will fix itself once you get the bellows-bag synchropation down... could be very simply that you do not have enough pressure in the bag required to keep the valve shut... most flapper valves will make various sounds when innitially pumping up the bag.

Swing by the Swannanoa Irish Week and get David Power to take a wee look at your bag. I highly recommend you attend the week...even if not for classes on pipes if you are not ready for them, but to sit in on the class and absorb as much as you can. Well worth the effort, and good luck Jenn. let me know when you head south.

john

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:33 am

If anyone has ruined a bag by cutting it too short.... Jim Daily has an idea that is probably not for everybody but will work....

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PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:43 am

Call me crazy

but I like it. I like the 18th century style uilleann pipes. My worry is that they may not be too practical. Someone recently posted an image of a Joe Kennedy set using this style (without the join).

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:54 am

Id like to see that pic if anyone still has it...

Marcelo Muttis · Post by **Marcelo Muttis** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:16 am

Hi Jen, about the bellows burp, First of all check if the burping valve is really the bellows one or che blowpipe check valve, anyway when you work with the burping one get shure that it´s closing well if not. stick a 1/2" washer with a dot of epoxi, this extra weight will help.
Check also in www.raysloan.com the smallpipes survival guide in .pdf format, the valve manteinence part will help you

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:20 am

PJ wrote:Someone recently posted an image of a Joe Kennedy set using this style (without the join).

TexasBP wrote:Id like to see that pic if anyone still has it...

Do you mean this one?

djm

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:50 am

thanks that's nice

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