From: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com (bagpipe-digest) To: bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: bagpipe-digest V1 #24 Reply-To: bagpipe-digest Sender: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk bagpipe-digest Monday, August 30 1999 Volume 01 : Number 024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:40:46 -0700 From: "Jeff Davis" Subject: (bagpipe) Smallpipe Drone Reed adjustments - help? Hi, I have a set of Ray Sloan scottish smallpipes in 'A'. One of the netor drones seems to have a tendency to double-tone. These have brass-bodied cane reeds. What are the procedures for adjusting these, and what adjustments should be made to correct this problem? ...Or do I just need a new reed? - these are less than a year old. TIA, Jeff - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:24:12 -0500 From: Mike Talcott Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Smallpipes with ceilidh band - make/volume/key? Steve: Here is the Article from Evertjan, as posted on the UP list, by his permission. ______________ Being on this list for some time now I've seen a lot of topics before... This one is discussed two times allready. So this is an old article I wrote in the fall 1997 issue of Iris na bPiobaire, if put it allready on the list a year ago but here is it again for those who missed it or have recently joined the list. It's long be warned. Plug in your Pipes copyright 1999 Evertjan 't Hart What if amplification is needed? Well, then you might really have a problem. The problem is, that the average soundman has no experience with the uilleann pipes at all, or for that matter, with acoustic instruments in general. Give them a rock band and they'll do a great job, but they have no clue at all how the pipes should sound. Most of them will see and hear the instrument for the first time, so they're not really to blame. Anyway, if you would like the audience to hear your instrument as it should sound, you'll have to take the matter into your own hands. It's not wise to argue with the soundman. You'll need him for the duration of your concert so you better keep it friendly. But don't let him tell you how your instrument should sound either! One of the problems is, that what you hear on stage through the stage monitors, is completely different from what the audience will be hearing, so there's no reference here. Often there are two separate systems running. The PA for the audience, and the monitors for the musicians on the stage. If you're not performing solo, make sure a member of your band checks the sound off stage. The P.A. For those pipers among us with no knowledge about the subject I'll explain in short the basics and the jargon of a PA. PA stands for "public address" and is a sound system very similar to the hi-fi systems most people have at home. It's different because the components are separated; bigger and much more powerful. In the case of a basic set-up there's a mixing console, effect units, power-amps, speaker cabinets, microphone's, stands and lots of leads. The mixing console is used to reduce all the different sources—chanter, reg's, drones, fiddle, guitar, etc., etc., to a stereo signal that is then sent to the amplifiers. It is also used to mix effects to the original signal. Effect units may vary, but there will be equalizers, crossover filters, compressor/limiters, delays, reverbs, etc. Microphones Versus Transducers To amplify the chanter there are two ways to go. The first, and best, is using a good microphone. The second is to use a transducer. First the microphones. There are basically two type of mics, dynamic mics and condenser mics. If you have the choice take the condenser type. They are far better than the dynamic ones. So if you have to work with the available equipment on stage, you know what to choose. Whatever you do try to avoid using a Shure SM58 or similar mic because they are designed for vocals and to be used at very close range. They have a boost in the mid-range which is great for screaming hard rock singers, but a disaster for the rich harmonics of the chanter. You will see a lot of those mics because they're cheap and indestructible—you can drive a nail into a piece of African blackwood with it and it will still works! So, if you want "total" control, the best thing to do is to buy your own mic and always bring it with you. The mic I use is an AKG C3000, a large membrane condenser mic. A large membrane mic gives a much "warmer" sound then a mike with a smaller membrane. I use an AKG because it's the cheapest large membrane I know of, but any brand will do. You can generate even more control if you add a preamp and a reverb-unit to your setup. In a mic situation I use the AKG C3000 as a mike for the chanter, a Behringer "Super gain" (a two channel high-quality preamp) and a Alesis reverb. The use of your own reverb unit gives you the opportunity to make two reverb presets. One for the "slow stuff" and one for the "fast stuff. " Using this type of setup you can feed the mixing console with a high quality, balanced signal already colored with reverb so you can bypass the EQ of the mixing console. It's best that you do this, for you don't need the EQ due to the high quality of your setup. Make sure that the soundman presses the defeat button for your channel on the console. If you don't, he will probably boost the treble because he is more or less deaf in those frequencies thanks to years of working with high sound levels. Placement Place the mic in a position so it can pickup the back D. About 20 cm from the chanter. Experiment until you get all the notes more or less equal in volume. The mics for regulators and drones are off less importance; any good mic will do. It's a good idea to cut the treble for the drones so that you'd get a nice bass sound. And now for the transducers. This can be very scary for the "purists" among us, so be warned! If the sound levels on stage are getting too high the use of a mic will result in feedback. You know that high pitched screaming howl! It's caused by a sound loop. The sound from the monitors is picked up by the mic, amplified and fed back to the monitors, picked up by the mic, fed back...etc., etc., resulting in the feedback. (Whatever you do, don't try to cover the mic with you're hand. It only makes it worse.) The sound level wig only get that high if you're playing with very loud instruments like drums or electric guitars. If you're in a situation like that and you would like to hear what you're doing, then the use of a transducer might be the thing for you. Transducers are commonly used among stringed instruments. They are little piezio (crystal) pickups and are glued on the instrument in order to amplify it. Piezio transducers have a very low output signal so they must be placed where the sound is produced. In our case that's on the chanter reed. You can glue it on the staple or on the reed head depending on the type of reed and the type of transducer you use. Many types are suitable, but I use a Barcus Berry so I wig refer to this brand. If you would like to glue the transducer to the staple use the Barcus Berry clarinet/sax model 1375. Before you rush to your dealer be aware of the fact that you'd have to do some modification to your chanter. You'll have to route or file a groove for the lead in the piece of the chanter (the reed Seat) that fits into the chanter headstock. (This is done at your own risk!!) Fortunately the lead is only 2 mm thick so it's not that bad. Remove the hemp and make a groove deep enough to fit the lead. (fig. 1) Replace the reed and measure how long the lead must extend below the reed seat to reach the place where you want to attach it. Remove the reed and add new hemp enclosing the lead. You can attach the transducer to the staple with the adhesive that comes with the transducer or you can use waxed hemp or waxed dental floss. (fig. 2) After you replace the reed and the headstock make sure the lead with the connector at its end is not too long. It must be long enough to bend back in a loose loop to be attached with electricians tape to the headstock. Remember, when you are using a transducer it is not quality you're going for, but loudness. There is no way you can use a transducer without some device to correct the outcoming signal. Piezio-transducers have the tendency to emphasize the high frequencies, so you need an equalizer to correct this. Because of the low signal output you need a preamp as web. I use the same Berhinger "Supergain" I mentioned before, to boost the signal. So the basic setup for transducer use can be as follows: a Barcus Berry model 1375, or something like it, a preamp, as good as you can afford, and an equalizer reverb unit, or some other multi-effect unit. If you encounter hum or strange noises when you touch the lead then a metal connector against the metal chanter headstock will cure this. This makes the headstock a component of the "shield." With the right equipment it will sound very good. At the last Dranouter Folk Festival in Belgium, Davy Spillane and his band played on Saturday evening. His pipes sounded great considering the circumstances. His band played very loud—drums, bass, elec. guitar, synth. Davy had built a fortress of equipment around himself—effects, pre-amp, monitors, etc. A pity because you could only see him from the waist up. He did not use a mic for his pipes so I was wondering how he was able to get this sound with just a transducer. I met Davy the next day, coincidentally, and asked him about his setup. He told me that he used an ordinary Barcus Berry (the Clarinet/Sax model 1375) and that the secret lies in a very good pre-amp. The pre-amp he is using, from TC Electronics, is one of studio-quality and very expensive. (The price of a nickel silver/blackwood full set.) He said that the placement of the transducer is a matter of experimentation,—sometimes on the staple, sometimes on the head of the reed. This type of amplification is for him just a way to handle the volumes involved in playing with a rock band backup. "If the volume lets you, use a good mic. " I agree. Use a mic if the music is too loud for acoustic playing. Use a transducer if there is no other way around it. If a transducer can't give you the volume you need to hear yourself play, then don't play at all! Have fun, and if you have any additional questions don't hesitate to contact me. All the best, Evertjan 't Hart __________________________________________________________ Uilleann Pipes Reed Making Guide http://home.wxs.nl/~HartDD/Reed/reed.html __________________________________________________________ Fling Homepage http://home.wxs.nl/~HartDD/fling.html __________________________________________________________ - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:52:50 -0800 From: Michael New & Diane Rossmiller Subject: (bagpipe) Re: questions about smallpipes DicksonDL wrote: > Also check out Gordon Mooney's album. The Tannahills have also included them in > with several sets in there more recent recordings, I believe. > Second the recommendation on Gordon Mooney's "O'er the Border" CD. Smallpipes in a variety of keys, Northumbrian Smallpipes, and the less domesticated Scottish Border Pipes. Includes a smallpipe piobaireachd, written by Gordon and based on a fragment found in an old manuscript. An excellent CD. Michael - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 01:44:13 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Top 10 Hints for Improving On Fri, 6 Aug 1999 20:21:48 -0400, "ddave" wrote: >Think of it this way!! You learn while you watch. I have played with the >best bands in this country ( Canada) as a drummer... I have learned pipes >for the last 8 years and have watched and listened to the pipey. Have you started trying to tune your own pipes yet? > >I will agree with John on this. Amatuers shouldnot tune. And everyone out of Open Professional is an amateur. >Learn the tunes. >Shut the drones off, work on blowing. Let the teacher or pipey do the >tuning. I have found that if you spend more time tuning you blow out and >end up tired because you don't get the tuning you want. Then your in a >situation of not learning your tunes. Think about it!!! Enjoy your >playing!!! Once you have mastered the tunes then your ready. So you can just suck and embarrass the whole piping world until you're ready for the CD and then at the last minute you can start touching your own reeds and maybe even move one of those slidy things on the drones and see if you can make the sounds be the same. Or, maybe just hire you PM to come tune them for you each time you practice or perform..."Hold on there....Stop the Wedding, we're waiting for the piper's tutor to arrive by taxi and tune the drones!" > >Think again!!! Where does the College of Piping Tutor book teach you >tuning??????????????? Hmmmm? Very profound. Where does the Bible tell you not to crap on the coffee table? > >Don't listen to Royce!!!!! Listen to John, Ringo, or who ever else!!! This >guy is an idiot!!! Must be a national case of tone-deaf co-dependency in Canada or something, because even my wife, who's a sub-grade 5 novice isn't allowed to pull the pipes out of the box without tuning the drones. Interestingly enough, if the PM you boast about is worth a shite, and you're using a good synthetic reed, your chanter will come back in without touching it for months every time after a few minutes play, and all you'll have to do is move the bass drone to match one or both of the still-tuned tenors. Royce (You're right. Probably too much for John's students to master until they've logged 10 or 20 years behind a wailing set of noisemakers just to prove their deaf submissiveness to the power structure of the Great Ones.) - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:42:23 -0500 From: "D. MACKINLEY RIEBESEHL" Subject: (bagpipe) Higgins does good work. we get all our kilts and jackets from him. Kerlin-Farina Pipe Band Cudahy/ Milwaukee John Richardson wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 12:58:43 -0500, "Mike Camp" > wrote: > > >I can't stand the thought of having to order ... are there reputable kilt > >makers in the US that someone can put me on to? Thanks. > > > > Sure. Call John Higgins at 1-800-426-SCOT - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:45:15 -0700 From: "Jeff Ramsden (MacLeòid)" Subject: (bagpipe) Building wind Hi all - I'm just starting on the GHB now, and can manage to get through something simple like 'Scots Wha Hae' with one drone (well, almost). To build wind (and mouth muscle) I've been playing two sets of 30 minutes (morning and evening) a day. I can't, of course, play for the entire 30 minutes, but I'll take a 1 minute break when I can't get my lips to make a seal anymore, then back at it whether I can get the chanter to play or not. After that, I take all my chanter reeds one at a time, and play a scale with each directly through the chanter (trying to break them all in). I can't always get them to sound, so I just try and finish the scale as best I can. I am currently using the middle tenor drone for this, with rubber corks in the other two drones. I haven't tried the bass drone yet (well, not seriously). Is this a good way to build strength for playing? Any thoughts? Any recommendations? Mar sin leat, Jeff - -- - ---------------------- Jeff Ramsden Clann MhicLeòid Leódhais (MacThorchadail) "I Birn Quhil I Se" - "Vivat Rex" - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: 14 Aug 1999 16:28:00 GMT From: "Jeremy Main" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Top 5 Hints Ccc31807 wrote in message <19990810090636.13655.00000048@ng-ff1.aol.com>... >>>About the worst thing you can do during practise is play fast. Play >>>everything as slow as possible so as all the >>>technique/fingerwork/expression/execution/MUSIC comes through clearly. If >>>you can play slow you can play fast. >> >>No, and that's why there's so many people who hit the wall in grade 3 >>and only get there by lobotomizing the score. >> >>In order to play fast you have to play faster than you are capable of >>playing accurately. > >This is 100% right! > >You've got to play it slow; if you can't play it slow, you can't play it. >Period. > >But when you play at performance level, you have got to play at 80% of your top >speed. Therefore, if you never play it fast, you will always be stuck at a >very slow tempo. > >It's like a weight trainer always lifting to failure. If you can play it at a >certain tempo, you have no business practicing it at that tempo. My theory is >that you start slow, and speed it up until you start to loose control, then you >stop and isolate those passages where you need the work. The idea is to always >work on the cusp. > >The ultimate goal is to make music, and tempo is irrelevant to that end. You >can't make music if your mind is on the playing. This is why you use your >practice time to build speed AND accuracy, and use your performance time to >drop back and concentrate on the music. You folks could do with getting your hands on "The Inner Game of Music". - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:27:11 -0400 From: "jfmc" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: question Re: Military band Horsehair sporrans?... After you straighten it out - store it hanging but what I also did was I took an brown paper bag- the kind you get from the food store- and wrapped it around the sporran just tight enough so that the hair is slightly compressed - then I used scotch tape to keep this wrap in place and then I used a piece of scotch tape from the back of the "paper tube" to the back of the sporran to keep it from falling off when I hang it. I have found that when you hang it up with this "wrap" the hairs stay straight and the sporran looks great. I got my sporran new 20 years ago and it still looks almost new! If you have some time you might want to try this to straighten it out- it works but it takes probably a week or so depending on how "wavy it is" Zudupiper wrote in message news:19990818005724.14373.00000535@ng-fr1.aol.com... > >How do I straighten out the hair so it is as it should be? > > You could brush it out and hang it, rather than laying it flat, which is how it > got bent in the first place. > > I shampooed mine (carefully!) but I still lost a lot of hair. > > Always hang hair sporrans, don't lay them flat. > > Zu - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:51:18 -0700 From: Theodore Le boeuf Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Drone cords: Silk or polyester? Zudupiper wrote: > > 5 years ago, I bought my first pipes (Drumrans) with a set of gold silk cords. > The cords were arguably the best thing about the pipes, but I digress. > > Since then, I've been using wool cords for several years. Now I'm back to > silk, but it doesn't feel like the silk cords I had a few years ago. > > Feels more like polyester, or some texturized synthetic. And the cable ties > just slip and slide. This was never a problem with wool cords, and wasn't a > problem with the silk cords I had years ago. > > What's up with that? Has silk been replaced with imitation silk? > > Zu Is their a hot needle test that you can do or something?? - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 03:01:46 -0500 From: Tad Myers Subject: (bagpipe) Re: bagpipes at Weddings Chris Hamilton wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:51:08 -0400 (EDT), RIpiper@webtv.net wrote: > > >Im assuming that STB is Scotland the Brave....Thats what My entire > >wedding party including myself and my parents walked down the isle > >to...My teacher/pm played it...Slowed it down a little....It was > >great...Amazing grace would be a bad tune to play... > > My wedding next year ... > > Highland Cathedral (request of the lovely bride herself) > When the Pipers Play (ditto) > Top Deck In Perth (request of the lovely groom) > > At my very first wedding gig (my sister, 1974) I think I played Morag > of Dunvegan. Probably unrecognizable, and certainly on a hideous > choking and untuned bagpipe ... > > Chris > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com > City of Washington Pipe Band > http://www.serve.com/cowpb/chamilton.html Had a friend play the Jolly Beggerman at my wedding 10 odd years ago...i didn't know at the time that tune would foretell the future :o) Stay away from "Collins Cattle" also, its not something you want to think about. Cheers Tad - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 01:42:27 GMT From: zudupiper@aol.com (Zudupiper) Subject: (bagpipe) Internet Clan Crest Badge..for real We're working on a design for an Internet Cap Badge. Thanks to Maeve, her creative abilities, and her connections to the jewelry industry, it looks like we can have sterling silver cap badges made for $20-$30 apiece. We have a preliminary design, but it's just that...preliminary. We'd like to open the floor for suggestions and designs, also for mottoes (faux Latin, pseudo Gaelic, maybe with an English translation). Right now the preliminary design is a modified @ symbol. Bagpipe drones come out of the "a" part of the @ and extend past the circular outline. Of course, flames are emanating from the drone tops... For now, the mottoes are "Modem lincsit" and "Don't thread on me". It looks like this can become a reality. I'm posting this to see how much interest there is in purchasing a crest badge, and also to look for design suggestions. This would be like the T-shirts, where you would send the $ up front and we would ship you the badges when they're done. Post the design suggestions to the NG, and if you're interested in buying the end product, email me privately. Zu - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 18:10:02 -0800 From: Michael New & Diane Rossmiller Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Internet clan crest badge? Ccc31807 wrote: > >Motto > > > >Latin - fortis et barbarus - For the public we can render this as > >"strong and wild" although we know that, referring to the ng it means > >"loud and rude". Of course it would be better to have a Gaelic motto > >but I think "fortis et barbarus" is going to be hard to beat. > > I like it. > > Now, the tartan? Just make sure it's true color (32 bit). - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:40:04 -0300 From: "dnimmo" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: funeral idea Gaelmann wrote in message <19990830082637.05995.00002107@ng-fm1.aol.com>... subject. >So please don't persecute me as Jewel says" these are not your hands they are >my own". Don't ask me what that means but in a strange way I think it may >apply. > >Mike (don't judge me)McFafern Not sure why you feel guilty...............they didn't have to hire you BUT that being said, "dashing" for the car might be considered in poor taste. moving away from immediate proximity of the gravesite on the repeat(s) of AG would be in better taste, specially if it were followed by other appropriate tunes, slow aires, etc. continued until most of the party had left (from a couple of hundred yards away) so the sounds of the pipes still playing faintly in the background can be heard. For $200 I would be more than happy to go through all the appropriate type music I know (a couple of times)............and you might feel less guilty! David - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 04:41:12 -0700 From: "Iain Sherwood" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: The thing in the sock. WHOA! First off, the sgian dhubh didn't exist in the days of armour. Second, its blade is too short (especially in the ORIGINAL versions from the 1820's - only a 2-3" blade) to do the job. The knife you're referring to is one of two types - the rondel dagger, or tha ballock knife, both of which had 8-12" blades similar to an early dirk - slab-sided single edged trianglar heavy blade to punch through chain mail and zap a disabled horseman on the ground. The 'dhubh' part is another of those quaint Victorian inventions, like the knife itself. Not a single portrait before 1800 shows the sock knife; the sgian-ochles was seldom carried except by SERIOUS fighters who'd need it. The DIRK was the favoured weapon of the Highlander from the early 17th century until the end of the Clan system; he carried it into battle, swore his oath on it , and wore it at ALL TIMES hanging from his waist belt at the right front, next to his sporran. the modern usage of wearing the dirk at the right flank is another Victorian fashion, like monkeysuit coats and all-black for formal wear. Remember that by 1850 formal Highland Dress had lost most of its original 'Celtic' character - it was mainly just English formal dress with the addition of a kilt, hose, and sporran - the original 'highland' coat was done away with, just a tail coat with the tails shortened to become the 'Prince Charlie' of today (don't know why they ever called it that - he never wore one). The sgian as worn today is NOT, repeat NOT an ancient usage. CF MacKinnon's "Tartans and Highland Dress" and John Wallace's manuscript of "The Scottish Dirk." IS FRED wrote in message news:01bef2d8$60c789e0$44970ccb@default... > Hi there, I'm Dave. I've been with pipebands for nearly 20 years and I've > always been lead to believe that the sghian dubh ( correct spelling I hope) > was galic for black knife or knife of death. It was used to cut the leather > straps on the armor worn by the enemy.(hence the serated edge) then plunged > deep into chest cavity via the arm pit to pierce the heart. This knife was > used to "finish of" the dying on the battle field. this is why I believe > that it was called the "black knife" > hope this helps. > > Dave > > Bo Møller-Nielsen wrote in article > ... > > Hello NG. > > > > This evening I was out playing at an outdoor party. The people was mostly > > young parents with children age 3 - 7 years old. What seemed to interest > > people most besides the pipes was the thing in my right sock. Actually > this > > thing was so interesting that a father and he's little son had to go up > to > > me, in the middle of a set, bend down and have a closer look. Well, I > don't > > know - maybe it's just me, but I tend to get a little nervous when things > > like that happens when I'm playing. After playing the second time that > > evening, I was approached by a man (not the father) asking me > > what it was that I had sticking out of my right sock. I told him, that it > > was a little knife called a Skean Duh. Next question was a little more > > difficult, it went - Why do you have a knife in the sock ?. My first > thought > > was to tell him the truth - "Because my PM tells me to", but being on a > solo > > gig this explanation wouldn't work. So I had to tell him that I didn't > know > > the reason for carrying a knife in the sock. > > > > Could any of you enlightened people of this NG tell me the story about > the > > Skean Duh > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Bo Moeller-Nielsen > > > > > > - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:44:02 -0700 From: dondavidson@pop.sttl.uswest.net Subject: (bagpipe) bagpipes at Weddings Does anyone know of a good article about piping at weddings. If so please let me know where I can find it or send it tome. Don D. - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: 09 Aug 1999 22:20:24 GMT From: bagpiip@aol.com (Bagpiip) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Top 10 Hints for Improving >Hell, >If the story turns out that way, you do Bill. Plus a substantial bonus. > >Jim You can have the fame Jim, just mention me in the credits LOL. Bill Mar a bha, mar a tha, mar a bhitheas gu brath, ri traghadh's ri lionadh. - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 05:41:01 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Drone cords: Silk or polyester? On 14 Aug 1999 23:14:32 GMT, zudupiper@aol.com (Zudupiper) wrote: >>The difference between these and you last >>cords is probobly just a different maker > >Now THAT makes sense. > >Should have thought of that myself. > >Zu Just to fire off another war, I've seen a lot of Pakistani work with fabric and fiber, and they don't do a lot better with cords or kilts than they do with pipes, and that's even lower-tech than turning pipes, so it isn't a technology problem. Royce - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:27:42 -0400 From: Chris Thomas Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Building wind Hi richard, I'm still on the PC but would love to hear your strategies on beginning the bagpipe. Chris. Richard Mao wrote: > [skip] > > I've got a step by step plan of attack for my students getting started on > the GHB...it's in prior postings or I'll repost if there is sufficient > interest.. > > Best Wishes. > > A smile on your face is the light in the window > that lets people know you're at home.(author unknown) > > Richard Mao, The Peking Piper ( peking_piper@mao.org ) > - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:07:38 +0100 From: Iain Richardson Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Smallpipes with ceilidh band - make/volume/key? Mike Talcott wrote: > Steve: > > Here is the Article from Evertjan, as posted on the UP list, by his permission ..etc... Very good posting, thanks ! I use an SM57 instrument mic, aimed at the lowest notes of the SP chanter (A in this case) and we get a good output that balances well with other instruments, without suffering from feedback. Iain Richardson. - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 05:41:08 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Top 5 Hints On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 23:03:30 -0400, "Blair Piper" wrote: >That does it for me. If Ron, John and Royce can agree then I'm convinced, >and that's the way I'm going. I'm also convinced that you can play a tune >into the ground and simply stop improving at it or getting any faster at it. >You need to move on to new material to improve. That's something that's left out of GHB play a lot--variety. In Irish sessions there are guys that play two or three hundred tunes and some many more than that. I only know a hundred or so and maybe 60 that I'd dare solo on, but most of the guy's who have'nt wasted their lives in Highland piping and just fiddle or whistle or UP, can just pick up anything I come out with and it's rare that several players in a session of 20 or so, can't just play anything and find a good sized group that know it. That's all jigs, reels and hornpipes, and fast tunes by the way. Even the hacks know a hundred tunes or so. So I agree that variety is what gives you the rounded control of the chanter that makes learning and playing easy. But on the other hand, there are fairly simple GHB tunes that I had trouble with in 1971 when I was starting, and I still suck on them. The new stuff seems to work better. Royce - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: 09 Aug 1999 00:28:09 GMT From: piobare@aol.com (Piobare) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Shuttle Pipes and Practice Pipes Most of the oppinions posted in regard to your question are not founded in fact. I have a set of Practice Pipes that have served me very well, and a set of shuttle pipes that I enjoy playing indoors with other instruments. The practice pipes have been places that only the foolhardy would take "real" pipes. Hunting, fishing, hiking in difficult terrain, etc. Not the best sound, but they serve their purpose well and have been played many hours in the last year with no problems and much enjoyment. My shuttle pipes are the best practice tool I've found. Of course there is no substitute for the GHB, but when "volume" is restricted, the shuttles are a dream to play and very pleasing to listen to. Affordability would be concern. If you are trying to save $s for a set of GHB, then don't confuse matters, save your money and buy the best you can afford. If you are seeking playing pleasure and the abililty to play pipes in locations that would normally prevent the GHB from surviving, buy the practice pipes. Try rafting the Snake River with a set of pipes to play at camp in the evening. No Way! My practice pipes made memories that will last forever for me and hopefully the same for my raftmates. Mike - - To unsubscribe to bagpipe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe bagpipe" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:32:50 -0600 From: owner-bagpipe@lists.xmission.com Subject: [none] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:04:44 -0800 From: Michael New & Diane Rossmiller Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Drone cords: Silk or polyester? > Im not going their just to get proof. That would be $1800 for nothing. > I am talking Uilleann Pipes and Pastoral pipes over to pakistan to be > coppied. I'm sure the original makers of the pipes you're taking to Pakistan to have cheap rip-off copies made of would be delighted to know of your plans. Meanwhile, people who want a decent instrument will know better. You get what you pay for in this world - pipes are no different. I don't think you're liable to convince most of the folks on this newsgroup otherwise. Might as well save your breath for the poor punters who don't know any better. 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