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falcon16 nut · Post by **falcon16 nut** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:38 am

Just found this set on Ebay. Chanter by Charles Roberts and drones by Martin Preshaw. It says the chanter is slightly bent. Does that happen often? What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0165930552

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:47 am

falcon16 nut wrote: It says the chanter is slightly bent. Does that happen often? What do you think?

Chanters get stolen all the time.

RORY

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:00 pm

Narrow bore chanter.

billh · Post by **billh** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:23 pm

Warping seems kind of unusual for blackwood...

patrick Jacob · Post by **patrick Jacob** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:02 pm

falcon16 nut wrote:. It says the chanter is slightly bent. Does that happen often? What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0165930552

Ik think the wood wasn't old and dry ennough. But it also can be a manufactures "failure". The is a recorders builders "trick": When the wood is turned down. you can see (but very difficult) there a straight line from top to bottom. That will the site to drill the holes.

Patrick

Davy Stephenson · Post by **Davy Stephenson** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:37 pm

I have only ever had one Blackwood chanter warp on me, I got the wood from a Mr. Zuher Panju from Africa, I found out later that the timber was newly felled and really needed at least a couple of years to settle after long boring it.

DDS.

magroibin · Post by **magroibin** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:47 pm

Can such warp be fixed?

I can only imagine that it would take a specialized contraption to apply targeted forces. Would oiling or humidity treatment also be involved?

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:14 pm

There was some discussion in the past about a warped boxwood chanter being straightened by heating the chanter in a microwave. Opinions were mixed.

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:34 pm

Warping makes no difference in the playing and tuning of the instrument.

PD.

ausdag · Post by **ausdag** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:35 pm

magroibin wrote:Can such warp be fixed?

I can only imagine that it would take a specialized contraption to apply targeted forces. Would oiling or humidity treatment also be involved?

Such as one of these common Bonsai tools might do the trick -

We used them for bending some pretty thick trunks, so could work on a chanter too, over time, perhaps. But you'd need some way of helping the wood cells 'stretch' rather than tear - constant heat perhaps?

http://www.bonsai-tools.com/tools/branc ... nder.xhtml

"Tool is primarily made for bending branches and manipulating them in place with the duration of time. However, the tool could be used any place where pressure, bending, or anchoring is required."

Hans-Joerg · Post by **Hans-Joerg** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:01 pm

magroibin wrote:Can such warp be fixed?

I think it can. I remember that years ago I straightened two warped Lignum-regs (tenor and baritone). I removed the keys, put them (the regs) into my lathe, heated them carefully with a "paint-removing-heater" and bent them straight with the cross slide. As there is no varnish, the looks is no problem. I´m not aquainted with ABW, though. The Lignum-regs have stayed straight since.

falcon16 nut · Post by **falcon16 nut** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:36 pm

Interesting. As long is it sounded okay and could be played with no problem I probably wouldn't care.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:12 pm

Must... not... give... in...

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:16 am

anniemcu wrote:Must... not... give... in...

Oh do give in annie

David

Beau Comiseau · Post by **Beau Comiseau** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:17 am

PJ wrote:There was some discussion in the past about a warped boxwood chanter being straightened by heating the chanter in a microwave. Opinions were mixed.

I tried this once, but forgot to remove the keys first. Nearly burned my apartment building down.

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