14 inch chanter?

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14 inch chanter?

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So, i don't know too much about chanter lengths, so maybe someone can help me out. I was looking around on Tiarnan O Duinnchinn's website and i noticed that he plays a 14 inch boxwood chanter. I was wondering if this is the standard length, or whether this was something special. I have never measured out my chanter. I am asking because I LOVE the way his chanter sounds! If you get a chance you should go to the downloads section of his website and watch the two live videos on there. It will blow your mind!

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Post by meemtp »

No true standard lengths. But 14" probably plays a bit sharp. I believe most D chanters are around 14.5" these days. But I'm sure it depends on the reed and bore designs as well. One of mine is about 14 and 3/8", and the other 14.6". Both play in D just fine but have different bore, throat, and hole sizes as well as different reed designs.
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Re: 14 inch chanter?

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SEAGULL wrote:So, i don't know too much about chanter lengths, so maybe someone can help me out. I was looking around on Tiarnan O Duinnchinn's website and i noticed that he plays a 14 inch boxwood chanter. I was wondering if this is the standard length, or whether this was something special. I have never measured out my chanter. I am asking because I LOVE the way his chanter sounds! If you get a chance you should go to the downloads section of his website and watch the two live videos on there. It will blow your mind!

Dan
Can you paste the link to Tiarnan's site Dan? I can't find it :(

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Post by Fergmaun »

Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn web page is http://www.dorsa.com/

My Pat Stones D narrow bore is 14.5" or 368.3 mm
My Andreas Rogge D wide bore is 14.44" or 367 mm

My first chanter by Belfast maker Brendan O'Hare was similar size to the Wilbert Garvin book "the construction and maintenance" chanter length which is 14.25" or 362 mm

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My wife keeps telling me size doesn,t matter !!!

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My wife keeps telling me size doesn,t matter !!!
We told her to tell you that. So don't worry about the extra 1/2" of wood.
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Rory, Rory, Rory,
Its not the size of the chanter. Its the music in it. :D
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rorybbellows wrote:My wife keeps telling me size doesn,t matter !!!

RORY
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Post by itisi »

www.tiarnan.ie is his own site...

He told me to go there when we talked during the trip from and to the airport when he was at our last tionol.

Very nice guy and a very good player, he did tell me the maker of the chanter but i forgot.. :o
The rest of the set he plays is Williams if anyone wonders.

"Tiarnán also plays an Eamonn Curran concert pitch boxwood 14 inch chanter and a B-flat chanter made by Brendan O Hare."

He is looking for a site to sell his CD (yes, he's making one :) )
The idea is to be able to buy the cd online, not just the whole cd but people should be able to download one track for a small amount of money if they so wish.
If anyone can help him with that he will appreciate any input of companies/sites that do this.

That concludes my postings for this year.

Rick

Edit: Tiarnan's site IS working today, added who made his chanters
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itisi wrote:e to download one track for a small amount of money if they so wish.
If anyone can help him with that he will appreciate any input of companies/sites that do this.

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Post by rorybbellows »

Thanks for the reassurance there lads !!
The way I look at it is ,
Its not the size of your chanter that matters,but how you play with it

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Hi Rory

Is that why you go for D instead of a nice Bb :lol:

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What software did Radiohead use to sell their latest album? That would be a far better choice than iTunes, with it's iPod-centric DRM crap.

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djm wrote:What software did Radiohead use to sell their latest album? That would be a far better choice than iTunes, with it's iPod-centric DRM crap.

djm
Stop trying to change the subject ,we,re talking 14 inch chanters here !!

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Post by SEAGULL »

ok,
the website is www.tiarnan.ie

go to the download section and check out those videos. It will blow your mind.

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