From: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com (bagpipe-digest) To: bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: bagpipe-digest V1 #91 Reply-To: bagpipe-digest Sender: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-bagpipe-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk bagpipe-digest Tuesday, September 28 1999 Volume 01 : Number 091 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 24 Sep 1999 23:34:21 GMT From: bagpiip@aol.com (SENDMEMORESPAM) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: new brand of pipes >He said just heard about them and >they supposedly sound better than the Paki pipes. Well even if he was extremely drunk... he was prolly right!!! >Are they truly better than >Paki-- pipes and how much do they cost? Yes! More in the longrun. Bill Mar a bha, mar a tha, mar a bhitheas gu brath, ri tra'ghadh'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: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:40:20 -0400 From: Chris Hamilton Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Pipe Chanter On 27 Sep 1999 23:33:06 GMT, "Matthew Wood" wrote: >Yes Chris you are right...and I sold you my last two... > >Matt Hi Matt, good to meet you this weekend. We put those chanters to good use :-) Chris >Chris Hamilton wrote in article ><6s7uN3s6QGpuaA45Lb0vJhaxQPy2@4ax.com>... >> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:58:55 -0700, "Iain Sherwood" >> wrote: >> >> >only proves how useless Shepherd products are - or are they Shepherd? >Who >> >makes them? Bob Shepherd doesn't make the chanters. Will the real >Shepherd >> >Chanter Man please stand up so we can flog him? Can you hear me in >Aberdeen? >> >Huh? Does the name Jet Engineering ring a bell mouth? >> >> Frankly, I don't care if Mid-East Manufacturing in Peshawar makes them >> ... the Shepherd chanter has proven itself a winner in every band >> grade and in some major solo contests. >> >> I still think the Mark II should be re-released as The Shepherd >> Classic, though. >> >> Chris >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com >> City of Washington Pipe Band >> http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com City of Washington Pipe Band http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ - - 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, 27 Sep 1999 13:30:33 -0400 From: starrett.x@fas.harvard.edu (Charles D. Starrett) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Mouth blown smallpipes Now, now... It was in jest, not an insult. As a very fine instrument, I'm sure that Fireside DO count, but in the context of my request they DONT count because, as you say, they are unique and, again as you say, louder than most smallpipes and that's not what I'm looking for at present. BUT... if anyone in the Boston area wouldn't mind taking a moment to show me their Firesides I'd be much obliged! All the best, Charles wrote: > Fireside pipes dont count!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I suppose thats why 78th frasers are > playing them in all of their concerts.... > I also have recently been selling THE GIBSON D PIPE chanter and reed to > owners of shepherd pipes as his fingering is totally impossible and far > too tight > > Fireside pipes are a very unique musical instrument especially since we took > controll of making all the reeds ourselves. no more buying from others.!!! > > On a recent trip to Ireland the Irish pipers were dumbfounded at the tone > and harmonics of the Fireside pipes.plus increased volume. > The Fireside pipes were designed very specifically to look like a normal set > of pipes and tuned in the same manner....hear them on the web site > www.gibsonpipes.com > Also hear them on the recording by the Toronto Metro Police grade 1 " On the > beat " > > These very unique pipes ARE NOT PRACTICE PIPES or PARLOUR PIPES. To anybody > who knows what they are doing ...I mean somebody who knows how to play!! > > There are many features on these fireside pipes that would warrent patent > protention > ( I already hold 15 US patents) > > Point of interest you CAN NOT lose your reeds into the bag .hmm interesting > how many small pipes does this happen too! > > The shut off regulators are the only ones on the market that allow you to > shut off the drones by a simple twist of the stock.again another first...New > Fireside pipes come in 3 different keys A, B FlaT, AND d. > Jerry Gibson > Design engineer and innovator > > Charles D. Starrett wrote in message > news:1dyribu.1kshse31wmltyeN@nas9-139.fas.harvard.edu... > > Okay, I think I'm safe here since (AFIK) neither Kron nor Gibson make > > smallpipes. ("Fireside" pipes don't count!) Anyhow, I'm looking for a > > nice set of mouth-blown small pipes which use GHB fingering to use both > > for neighbor-friendly pipe practice and hopefully as a performance (or > > jamming) instrument in their own right. I'd like something I can enjoy > > listening to more than my practice chanter and something that will > > pretty closely mimic GHB fingering. I'm also thinking of a set in D or > > A... > > > > So far I'm considering the Goodacre SSP, Shepherd smallpipes in "A" and > > the Sloan pipes in "A" (assuming they're still stable when mouth-blown). > > > > Any comments, suggestions, help...? > > > > TIA, > > Charles > > > > -- > > remove .x from my email to reply - -- remove .x from my email to reply - - 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: 25 Sep 1999 23:08:25 GMT From: zudupiper@aol.com (Zudupiper) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Kind and gentle BS >You can't change the >whole NG community to suit your personal needs/desires. As a prominent Canadian piper/judge/composer recently found out on the Bagpipe Mailing List (the one that got severed from the NG about a year ago and has been moribund ever since). >Love it or leave it! He did the latter. 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: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:31:37 -0400 From: "ddave" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Celtic Classic Results WAY TO GO BANDS.. YAHOOO NIAGARA. FOR DRUMMING!!! Bill Burt wrote in message <7smklf$rf1$1@nntp1.atl.mindspring.net>... >Wish I could have been there for more than the 2 hours I gave myself. >Nevertheless, I heard the afternoon Gr II contest. As I sat next to a >couple who were taking it all in, I listened to COW making their final >entrance of the day. I recall saying something to that couple like "This is >the band that'll win it." Although, I must say, that I loved what I heard >out of Niagara and don't wish to make any enemies out of either John or >Ringo. The results did, however, turn out just as I thought they would. >I'm delighted to see that St. Columcille beat out Cyril Scott... must have >been a smoking Gr III contest for the two top bands. Ah well, perhaps I'll >be back in better shape for next year. > > >Chris Hamilton wrote in message ... >>Great weekend at The Celtic Classic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. >> >>Scenario: Four Grade 2 and four Grade 3 bands, each set to play four >>times (2 MSR, 2 Medley) on Saturday and Sunday. Mucho prize money at >>stake. >> >>The contestants and the results: >> >>Grade 2 finished in a tie for 1st - ensemble was also tied, so the tie >>was broken on piping preference! >>1. City of Washington -- Washington, DC >>2. Niagara Regional Police -- St. Catherines, Ontario >>3. Schenectady -- Schenectady, New York >>4. Saffron Kilts -- Babylon, New York >> >>3rd place was also a tie, broken on ensemble preference. >> >>Grade 3: >>1. DelMar & District -- Havre De Grace, Maryland >>2. St. Columcille United Gaelic -- Kearny, New Jersey >>3. Cyril Scott -- Cincinnati, Ohio >>4. County Monaghan -- New York >> >>A GREAT weekend. Ringo and Johnny Mitch. were in fine form, the bands >>were superb, and the tie couldn't have made it any better. The party >>time was great, the beer flowed like wine ... >> >>I went through three bass drone reeds in one weekend, but it all >>worked out in the end ... >> >>Chris >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com >>City of Washington Pipe Band >>http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ > > - - 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: 28 Sep 1999 01:40:19 GMT From: zudupiper@aol.com (Zudupiper) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Funeral T-Shirt >she wasn't shure >whether to laugh or be offended. An unqualified success in my book! Great! Glad you like it (even if the in-law hasn't made up her mind yet) 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: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:44:28 -0400 From: Bob Cameron Subject: (bagpipe) Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY (ANGUS MACCRAPPAN PIOBAIREACHD VERSION) Paul Gretton wrote: > I'm afraid the version provided by Lloyd is not entirely true to the Angus MacCrappan > tradition. My researches in the National Library of Scotland have revealed that at one > time a full piobaireachd version of "Happy Birthday" must have existed. Unfortunately, > the manuscript now has a leaf missing and all that are left are the taorluath (singling > and doubling), crunluath (singling and doubling) and crunluath a mach variations. (The > large number of B's, C's and D's in this tune make the crunluath a mach quite a > finger-twister!) > > Cheers, > > Paul Gretton snip, Paul, I'm afraid there is an error in the MacCrappen manuscript. Angus Mac Crappen never used a cruinnluath a amch- he used his signature "cruinnluath grot, amach leis'", which everyone who knows anything about ancient ceiol mor and gaelic song, means " a rotten cruinnluath- throw it out!". Oh, and lest we forget , none of the MacCrimmons ever stood in a Grade One Circle either. (had to be said) - - 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: 27 Sep 1999 12:50:33 GMT From: ccc31807@aol.com (Ccc31807) Subject: (bagpipe) Mark Lee's drone reeds Are these reeds commercially available? If so, who sells them, and what is the address, phone number, or e-mail? Also, the price and delivery times? - - 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: 25 Sep 1999 00:22:27 GMT From: bagpiip@aol.com (SENDMEMORESPAM) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: What's it all about? >I think John is right on the money Bill... Really Mr or Ms pipecraze, My piping skills aren't the question here. I'm an adult learner, and therefore will never be anything more. My opinion and occasional joke is all I have to offer in return for all the great info I get from here. >Bill...Maybe if you take yourself >away from the screen and stop responding to every thread and put some >of that time into working on your piping skills you might begin to see >what john is talking about. I'll never reach his level of skill in piping. Should I try for his level of "people-skills" too? Bill Mar a bha, mar a tha, mar a bhitheas gu brath, ri tra'ghadh'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: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 00:54:03 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Royce's Top Ten List or Has anyone seen the real Kirkwood lately? On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:24:38 -0400, "Lindsay Kirkwood" wrote: > >Royce Lerwick > > > (By the way, I think you would agree that the judges were there.) > >Clueless!!!!!! > So now you're just calling the uppercrust judges of the RSPBA "Clueless." And they say *I* don't respect the "greats." 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: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:22:23 -0400 From: "ddave" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: What's it all about? Jokes on you Royce!!! Lindsay is still the PM of Clan MacFarlane St. Catharines. If you know your bands and keep up to date then buddy you would know this! Royce Lerwick wrote in message <37eecc46.1413175@news.mn.mediaone.net>... >On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:25:09 -0400, "Lindsay Kirkwood" > wrote: > >> >>Royce Lerwick wrote in message >>news:37edcd27.992972@news.mn.mediaone.net... >>> On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 03:07:20 -0400, "Lindsay Kirkwood" >>> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> >Royce Lerwick wrote in > > So, in your scheme of >>> >things, why were you kicked out as PM? >>> >> >>> >> Royce >>> >I wasn't kicked out! >>> > >>> >I'm still the P/M . >>> >>> So what kind of rules in the PPBSO allow you to be PM of one grade 1 >>> band and play in the front rank of another? >>> >>> Royce >>Well Rocsco , >>Ask around you'll find out what band I'm still the P/M of .? >>Lindsay > >I think if you read carefully, you find the question was, how can you >play/PM two grade one bands simultaneously? There is of course the >sugestion that you're PM of the 78th, but I find that hard to believe, >even if you conduct yourself here as if you were. > >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: 24 Sep 1999 23:10:42 -0500 From: "Maeve" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Slogan: Piper's Spouse Shirt Okay . . . . there ARE some unfortunate GUYS married to pipers out there! I was mentioning this shirt idea to my husband tonight and he asked if HE could make a suggestion. Here it is! Don't blame ME. . . I just married him in a weak moment! "I'm married to a piper . . . could you speak a little louder?" - -- Love and Light be with you, Maeve . . . from HIM . . not me! http://people.delphi.com/terralyn terride@sanctum.com - - 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, 28 Sep 1999 09:14:23 -0400 From: Chris Hamilton Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Celtic Classic Results On 28 Sep 1999 11:44:01 GMT, bagpiip@aol.com (SENDMEMORESPAM) wrote: >>I'd better start working out and lose those puppies! > >But in your defense Chris, They'd look good on a female! ;?)~ Hey soldier boy, me love you long time. Five dollah! Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com City of Washington Pipe Band http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ - - 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, 28 Sep 1999 01:13:05 GMT From: John Mitchell Subject: (bagpipe) Re: The recent crap that's been flying about... "Richard Wilson" wrote: > Richo > (waits patiently for the pathetic justification you guys are going to muster > in your own defence over this whole debacle) OK Richeee, here's the pathetic justification you've been so patiently waiting for. Here's the absolute truth, I or anyone else that has posted to this group, certainly do not have to apologize for Fuck all. This newsgroup is wide open to any subject that pertains to piping, and that includes the name bashing that goes along with defending and or critisism of such posts. If anyone wants to challenge or question a posters true knowlege about any topic, then it usually gets pretty heated when the debate begins. Just walk into any PUB and you'll see a real version of this News Group, but in reality as Colin MacLellan put it, "most players are very civil to each other and always lend a helping hand". Who said that every post has to contain absolute valuable imformation about piping so that newcomers can learn and grow. What we have here is a bunch of beginners, dictating how the newsgroup should be run. Their running around sqeeling that they can't learn anything from the NG, and that to get on here you need to teach them. You've already stated that your only listening to your tutor, which is a good thing, so why waste time here then. My posts are generally about my own experiences and I try to create a bit of humour here once in a while to break up the monoteny of multiple FAQ's. My experience and attitudes were built up from many years of playing in the game, and most newcomers don't understand the attitude of "Shut up and play". I'm going to expand that explanation with a new thread called "shut up and play". But maybe you won't read it, cause it doesn't hold your hand and teach you how to play. So read on if you dare John Mitchell Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. - - 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: 27 Sep 1999 23:33:06 GMT From: "Matthew Wood" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Pipe Chanter Yes Chris you are right...and I sold you my last two... Matt Chris Hamilton wrote in article <6s7uN3s6QGpuaA45Lb0vJhaxQPy2@4ax.com>... > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:58:55 -0700, "Iain Sherwood" > wrote: > > >only proves how useless Shepherd products are - or are they Shepherd? Who > >makes them? Bob Shepherd doesn't make the chanters. Will the real Shepherd > >Chanter Man please stand up so we can flog him? Can you hear me in Aberdeen? > >Huh? Does the name Jet Engineering ring a bell mouth? > > Frankly, I don't care if Mid-East Manufacturing in Peshawar makes them > ... the Shepherd chanter has proven itself a winner in every band > grade and in some major solo contests. > > I still think the Mark II should be re-released as The Shepherd > Classic, though. > > Chris > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com > City of Washington Pipe Band > http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ > - - 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: 24 Sep 1999 22:48:30 GMT From: bagpiip@aol.com (SENDMEMORESPAM) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Out of Chaos.... >One side of the fence or the other. What's the difference? At least >we get some idea of a person's opinions on an issue. You nailed it there! I like to say to friends that I do change my opinions. It's called getting smarter, or more educated! Bill Mar a bha, mar a tha, mar a bhitheas gu brath, ri tra'ghadh'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: 24 Sep 1999 15:46:32 GMT From: ccc31807@aol.com (Ccc31807) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Pakistani Bagpipes >Does anyone know anything about these pipes? Yes. Do NOT buy these pipes, unless you are poverty stricken and it is all you can afford, and even then, you will have to replace the bag ($100), chanter ($150), reeds ($70), valve ($10), and possibly other components as well. Spend $700 and get a set of Dunbar plastic pipes. They will play and play well enough to satisfy you for years. >I do not aspire to any competition level in >piping You have no idea what you are talking about. Competition simply means that you play before an accomplished piper, and he tells you what you are doing right and doing wrong. If you can blow up the bag and play a tune, you are playing at competition level. >I play several instruments, a couple of them quite well You will be surprised the first time the beast under your arm comes to life. There is nothing else like it. You will make music like you never have before. Be prepared, though, as it will take a year of huffing and puffing before it comes together. Good Luck. - - 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, 26 Sep 1999 22:45:07 +0100 From: "lsrapm" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: World Championship Archival Information Request HATHABODHRAN wrote in message news:19990925204116.23387.00002105@ng-bh1.news.cs.com... > How would I go about finding information about the World Championships from > 1993 to 1995 as far at the placings of the Grade III and Grade IV bands? > > Look no further.......... 1995 GRADE 4 (all six from Ireland) 1. Killadeas 2. Columcille 3. Mountjoy 4. Bangor Caledonia 5. Cottown 6. Leapoughs GRADE 3 1. St. Maurs, Eire 2. Scottish PrisonService 3. Frank Rainey Memorial 4. Syerla 5. Coal Burn IOR 6. New Ross and District, Eire 1994 GRADE 4 1. Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary 2. Frank Rainey Memorial 3. Mountjoy 4. Clonoe Independent 5. City of Newcastle 6. Cottown Drumming: Frank Rainey Memorial Overseas: Clonoe Independent Bass: Frank Rainey Memorial GRADE 3 1. Gaelic College Pipe Band, (Cape Breton) 2. Seafield and District 3. Ballinderry Bridge 4. Heather (Denmark) 5. Syerla 6. Coalburn IOR Cairnlodge Service Drumming: Seafield and District Overseas: Gaelic College Bass: Seafield and District 1993 GRADE 4 1. Dornoch 2. Arklow, Eire 3. Mid-Argyll 4. Dingwall RBL 5. Clonoe 6. Cottown Drumming: Arklow GRADE 3 1. Ballynahinch 2. Ballycoan 3. Oban 4. Tullintrain 5. Grampian Corby 6. Geoghegan Memorial Drumming: Ballycoan Chris Eyre - - 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, 24 Sep 1999 17:50:37 -0700 From: "Iain Sherwood" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Slogan: Piper's Spouse Shirt been hitting the sauce again? Your response seems to be unravelled from this thread, or any thread.... Fag a' boch... IS SENDMEMORESPAM wrote in message news:19990924195418.08203.00000612@ng-fn1.aol.com... > >obviously a statement of your own condition, Willie. > > Well Mr Mathieson, got a good price for your grandads pipes did you? Makes you > feel good that theyre hangin on someones wall? > Be ashamed of yourself.... its deserved. > Plenty of real people were willing to buy them, you went with the highest > bidder. > FO! (Which of course means "find out") - - 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, 27 Sep 1999 23:45:59 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: What's it all about? On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:56:34 -0400, "Lindsay Kirkwood" wrote: >I never said I was playing with two bands simultaneously.All I said was I'm >still the P/M of a Grade 1 band .Read it correctly!Would you like a lend of >Gregory Pecks? A lot of guys would just explain it straight out. You're not one of them. You introduced yourself to me some weeks back as "Lindsay Kirkwood *emphasis on Kirkwood" and claimed to play in the "front rank" or the 78 Frasers. So, if you are not PM of that band, yet you play in the front rank of that band, and you are PM of another band, a lot of guys might be confused by these sorts of seemingly mutually exclusive claims. I'm particularly disoriented in you vehement interest in the Frasers then, because your connection with it is not so clear now. 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: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:56:37 -0700 From: "Lance Hallgren" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Slogan: Piper's Spouse Shirt If this ends up as a repost, my apologies... I'm A PIPER's WIFE 'cause he's got... Strong lips.... Fast Fingers... And a gentle squeeze (or Squeezes gently) What more could a girl want? Modifications gratefully accepted:) Lance Zudupiper wrote in message news:19990923231145.00290.00001646@ng-fs1.aol.com... > Xmas is coming. I'm thinking of having shirts made up for the piper's spouses > (wives mostly). Anybody interested in helping me come up with a slogan? > > I'll kick things off with a couple of my own ideas... > > NPS: Non Piping Spouse > > "I'm the piper's other bag" > > Winner gets a free shirt. > > After my experience with the "Funeral" shirts, I realize there is a market for > questionable-taste slogans, so have at it. > > Public replies, please! > > 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: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 03:40:23 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Is Experience a Function Of Time? On 24 Sep 1999 12:43:44 GMT, gaelmann@aol.com (Gaelmann) wrote: >Knowledge is Power. " Numbers are everything" pythagoreas sp. > >Mike Mcfafern Knowledge is Power. Knowledge of firearms is more power. 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: 25 Sep 1999 05:03:51 GMT From: raistlin88@aol.com (Raistlin88) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Pipe Chanter I'm partial to Gibson also. The 1999 chanter is quite a bit different from the 1998 for the better. It has great volume, you don't have to bust your ass to get a great bright, crisp sound. Also with a higgins reed mine is perfectly in tune with no tape, great combination. I also have a naill which I like but not quite as much as the gibson. It doesn't seem to have as much volume and clarity as the gibson. It also needs some carving ( very flat b and d), however I do like it for piobaireachd, nice rich mellow tone. It seems like you'd have to play a killer reed in the naill ( my naill at least) to get a loud clear light music sound. Casey - - 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: 24 Sep 1999 15:57:37 GMT From: ccc31807@aol.com (Ccc31807) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Is Experience a Function Of Time? >" Numbers are everything" A "number" is that which makes you numb! - - 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, 24 Sep 1999 15:48:35 -0400 From: Chris Hamilton Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Pipe Chanter On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:17:30 +0100, Andrew Lee Hagen wrote: >Sinclair's nice, but the *really* good ones are a bit out dated now - a >bit too flat. Especially on B. That's what the knife is for, laddy ... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com City of Washington Pipe Band http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ - - 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, 25 Sep 1999 03:39:46 GMT From: pmlerwick@wavetech.net (Royce Lerwick) Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Royce's Posts On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 03:49:30 GMT, "Ron Bowen" wrote: >All of this is excellent bait. But no, Royce. No fish tonight. Pop a top, >put your feet up. Get a bowl of popcorn. Relax. Tell us.... how does it >feel to have so thoroughly exposed yourself to so many? Still waiting for you to post a point-by-point criticism of any actual content of the book you say I parroted off your friends up there. Please show me how wrong I am about your gentlemanly status and illustrate from the work itself those matters you feel are inconsistent or illogical, and resist the urge for another superior-toned tome of nebulous bold assertion. 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: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:47:49 -0700 From: "Iain Sherwood" Subject: (bagpipe) Re: The thing in the sock. and not worth the 2 cents Roger Whitson wrote in message news:37EBF36C.9FC96E2F@mnsi.net... > "Bo Møller-Nielsen" wrote: > > > 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 > > These response are all very glorious, and mysterious in their interpretation, > however, the sgian dubh (black knife) was simply a leftover from the '45 > prohibition of arms, pipes, dress etc. It was such an insignificant item that > the Sassanaich (English) did not consider it a weapon, and allowed its use. > > Just my $.02 > > > - - 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, 27 Sep 1999 08:37:24 -0400 From: Chris Hamilton Subject: (bagpipe) Re: water trap question On 27 Sep 1999 11:46:20 GMT, bagpiip@aol.com (SENDMEMORESPAM) wrote: >>Bill, >> I think you're really making a big mistake here, IMHO. I made the >>same mistake in the early months of my piping career, and I've payed >>for it (I've tried to go for a long time w/o a water trap NOT a good >>idea). > >I think you hit on something here Alex! My reeds have shiiite the dust in less >than 2 weeks of playing (Meggarity-Ross, Med strength) with no pinching, >sanding, or scraping. Hell we didn't even wet them! >I now know these reeds are total crap (others with the same experiences >confirmed this) and just die that way. SFU and LA Scots play Megarity-Ross reeds ... they're pretty good reeds generally. >But I'm not convinced a water trap would make much of a difference. It would, trust me! Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Hamilton -- ToneCzar@erols.com City of Washington Pipe Band http://toneczar.freeservers.com/ - - 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, 28 Sep 1999 02:52:12 GMT From: John Mitchell Subject: (bagpipe) Re: More playing time = more tape zudupiper@aol.com (Zudupiper) wrote: > I play an easy chanter reed, and an easy overall pipe setup. I noticed last > weekend while competing at Altamont that my overall pitch got higher (which is > OK) but some notes got even sharper yet. That's the trade off you get with easy reeds, thier not very stable, and they fluctuate easily. Get a reed that you can COMFORTABLY push, it will also help to create steady blowing by forcing you to feel a constant back pressure. There's a difference between easy reeds and reeds that vibrate freely. Easy reeds tend to perform poorly, in terms of producing good tone, and creating some stability in pitch. A free reed is comfortable to play and produces lots of volume without the effort of playing a hard reed. Free reeds are produced by initially sanding hard reeds at the base of the hemp line. If a reed is too easy to start with, there's nothing you can do with it, just pass it up when your are selecting new reeds. Standing in the direct sun is doing you no favors too, make sure your pipes are in condition to provide enough moisture without saturating the reed. There have been enough posts about controling moister. In general, try to time your performance window, so that your warmup and tuning is about 35 minutes, and the last 4 minutes is your actual performance. This will cut down on weather variables and only expose the instrument to minimum extremes of weather. Just some advise from a circle guy. John Mitchell Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. - - 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, 27 Sep 1999 17:47:53 GMT From: Bill Carr Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Autumn Blues Thanks Lindsay. I'v been there already. Moisture problems disappeared but so did some of those wonderful harmonics and overtones. The pipes felt dead. I couldn't hack it so and went back to Sheepskin. Tone means everything. Bill Lindsay Kirkwood wrote: > . > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > You might want to try A Ross breathable cannister bag. > > Available from most Highland Supply > shops..Edinburgh.bagpipes@lineone.net..ask for Stevie > or the British Shop-britshop@buffnet.net...Ask for Iain > Here are 2 places that do stock them > Cheers > Lindsay Kirkwood - - 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, 27 Sep 1999 21:08:45 -0500 From: Richard Mao Subject: (bagpipe) Re: Wavering (flat) pitch on Henderson plastic drone reeds Hi... I have found that if you pry open the plastic tongues on synthetic reeds... such that they curve (e.g. prying at the tip)... you will get unstable sound.. If I need to open the tongue... I consciously put a thin edge on top against the tongue at the bridle and attempt to put a thin spatula blade under the tongue and try to put/increase a crimp/hinge in the plastic right at/under the junction of the tongue with the bridle... (I agree with most of the manufacturers... that messing with the bridle itself [though minute adjustments are sometimes necessary] is generally unwise... they usually come in the package at the right setting) What I am trying for is a reed tongue that vibrates as a whole flat/stiff as possible for stability... A tongue that has as low amplitude vibration as possible for smoother sounding drone tone.... A hinge that is reliably strong as possible ... so that despite the minimal vibration height.... the drone tongue stays open...under a wide range of pressures, temperatures and moisture (condensation) levels. BTW, this is the criteria I look for in a cane drone reed....too... boy, do I have to go through a lot of reeds at a vendor before I find good candidates. Tongues need to be cut thick enough to be stiff and straight... thin enough to vibrate freely... and have enough of a bridle pressure to stay open... The cane reed itself must be round interior...so the tongue does not bind...and of course of a length/diameter combo to sound the right pitch in your drone at the desired height. Finally, in tenor reeds you are looking for a matched set... hoping that the reeds will change pitch at the same rate...with pressure fluctuations...Finally, finally.... great set of cane reeds need a lot of playing time to mellow out...If you're lucky enough to get a good set... they keep sounding better and better (don't let them mold....) BTW, BTW... the small tongued synthetic reeds' plastic tongues...often have a plastic that is or becomes too flexible... especially under hot playing conditions to keep their stiffness during play. BTW, BTW, BTW... Mark Lee's carbon fiber reed tongues...have their pivot point heat set and seem to have the characteristics I'm looking for. Hope this works for you... When I die, I know I’m going to heaven… I’ve already been through Hell as a member of a pipe band… Richard Mao, The Peking Piper ( PekingPiper@mao.org ) Ccc31807 wrote: > >Since I bought a set of H DR's, the bass drone reed has been subject to the > >above. > > My Hendersons have worked fine, with the original tongues, with the tongues > reversed, and with Crisler replacement tongues. > > They take a few hours of blowing to stabalize, and I wouldn't make any > judgments until after you have eight or ten hours on them. If you are really > having problems with wavering, I would just play the drones one at a time, > corking off the chanter stock. It's possible that your problem may not result > from the reeds, and if you don't have a problem with them one at a time, you > need to try to see where else the problem might be. - - 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. ------------------------------ End of bagpipe-digest V1 #91 **************************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" 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.