what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
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what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
i found this on another forum,and had to share it,thought it was pretty funny.HA! Stay away from Uilleann bagpipes. They are ridiculously overpriced. Still, very hard to find a good sounding set. Most makers just want your money and are not capable of making good sounding chanters and especially reeds. And then even if you have an acceptable quality/sounding/playable instrument, you will find that learning to play the Uilleann pipes is horror. Most chanters I heard and played are out of tune in either the first or second octave. Most have terribly weak croaking back D.
On the other hand, the Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) and its bellows versions are the best type of pipes on Earth. You have dozens of makers all selling high quality instruments for a fraction of the price of Uillean sets. The chanter reeds are well standardized, stable, high quality, good sounding and inexpensive. GHB chanters are very easy to tune perfectly compared to Uilleann chanters.
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On the other hand, the Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) and its bellows versions are the best type of pipes on Earth. You have dozens of makers all selling high quality instruments for a fraction of the price of Uillean sets. The chanter reeds are well standardized, stable, high quality, good sounding and inexpensive. GHB chanters are very easy to tune perfectly compared to Uilleann chanters.
Huh
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Re: what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
Sounds like someone needs to get out more.
OK, but they're only required to play in one octave. Go for two, then we'll talk.chanterdan wrote:The [GHB and SSP] chanter reeds are well standardized, stable, high quality, good sounding and inexpensive.
Shirley, you jest.chanterdan wrote: GHB chanters are very easy to tune perfectly compared to Uilleann chanters.
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Yeah, the old "It's too difficult so I'll criticize it" routine.
Oh well, I guess it's true what they say, 'We often criticize what we don't understand.'
Feh.
That highland piper/whinger might want to see the first set of highland pipes that I'd ever seen... they were in excess of $10,000,000 - and that was some 15 years ago. The piper that owned them also owned a set of UPs made by Dave Williams that cost far less.
Oh well, I guess it's true what they say, 'We often criticize what we don't understand.'
Feh.
That highland piper/whinger might want to see the first set of highland pipes that I'd ever seen... they were in excess of $10,000,000 - and that was some 15 years ago. The piper that owned them also owned a set of UPs made by Dave Williams that cost far less.
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Hah, sounds like another jealous snob who will never know the joy of dedication, patience, humility, eccentricity, adventure and best of all, the satisfaction that comes with success when we challege ourselves with a truly unique and difficult instrument. Oh, also I would recommend not inviting that person to a session.
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reeds
as a GHB player, i want to comment on the high-quality GHB reeds.
let's say you buy 5. you'll then expect 3 to be okay (or at least playble), 2 of them are in tune close enough to what you want, but always not really there. 1 of them will be harder then you want, and 1 will be okay.
and this is from a well reputated pipe-maker... ( in a good day )
MarkS wrote
let's say you buy 5. you'll then expect 3 to be okay (or at least playble), 2 of them are in tune close enough to what you want, but always not really there. 1 of them will be harder then you want, and 1 will be okay.
and this is from a well reputated pipe-maker... ( in a good day )
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i've heared GHB going to a second octave... but that just because the set was very crappy,and couldn't get down from the high notes to the low notes without ugly overtones... yes.... Pakistan's wounderfull sets are everywhere... and that set was untuneable at all...OK, but they're only required to play in one octave. Go for two, then we'll talk.
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Re: what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
I'm willing to bet that this indiviual is a "closet" Uilleann Piper... someday they'll "come out" and then the world will be as it should be.poorly informed wrote: Stay away from Uilleann bagpipes. They are ridiculously overpriced. Still, very hard to find a good sounding set. Most makers just want your money and are not capable of making good sounding chanters and especially reeds. And then even if you have an acceptable quality/sounding/playable instrument, you will find that learning to play the Uilleann pipes is horror. Most chanters I heard and played are out of tune in either the first or second octave. Most have terribly weak croaking back D.
On the other hand, the Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) and its bellows versions are the best type of pipes on Earth. You have dozens of makers all selling high quality instruments for a fraction of the price of Uillean sets. The chanter reeds are well standardized, stable, high quality, good sounding and inexpensive. GHB chanters are very easy to tune perfectly compared to Uilleann chanters.
Huh
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Re: what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
That's hilarious!And then even if you have an acceptable quality/sounding/playable instrument, you will find that learning to play the Uilleann pipes is horror.
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Re: what other pipers think of uilleann pipes
Pipe smack! (I thought that was limited to rivals in sports)chanterdan wrote:On the other hand, the Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) and its bellows versions are the best type of pipes on Earth. You have dozens of makers all selling high quality instruments for a fraction of the price of Uillean sets. The chanter reeds are well standardized, stable, high quality, good sounding and inexpensive. GHB chanters are very easy to tune perfectly compared to Uilleann chanters.
Huh
Regulator envy, perhaps?