Jolly Old St. Nick (Whitmer)

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Re: Jolly Old St. Nick (Whitmer)

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Here you go. Don't laugh!

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Re: Jolly Old St. Nick (Whitmer)

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I must chime in here. About a year ago, I ordered two regulators and a mainstock from Mr Whitmer and they did not arrive on time - actually they arrived TWO WEEKS EARLY. What's more, the regs are sweet toned and arrived with only the slightest tweak needed to one reed (opening it just a hair) to bring them into great tune and tone - and that was going across multiple climate zones. Outstanding value and customer service! Happy customer here. So I now have a wonderfully frankenset of KQ chanter, Whitmer regs, my own make rest of the kit and an additional wonderful Mickey Dunne chanter. Now my own puzzlement is what to call a 3/4 set with an extra chanter? A 97% set maybe?

Anyway, excellent work, product and service, Mr Whitmer!
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Re: Jolly Old St. Nick (Whitmer)

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That’s a nice sounding chanter. Nick Whitmer has been making pipes for quite awhile now so how come his waiting time is so short ?

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Re: Jolly Old St. Nick (Whitmer)

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Thanks. I'm surprised at how much I liked the overall sound of the recording. I had the pipes out for about 5 minutes and made the
recording with just one mic. I apologize for the shakey playing though. (I get nervous playing when I know someone might have a listen).

As far as Nick's wait times go...I can't complain.
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