hay all, has anybody experimented by tuning the drones of a set of lp/bp (or ssp) one full tone up (assuming the drone reeds are very sharp and have to be far...
... It's possible you haven't had a reply to this because no-one else knows which pipes you are referring to. Clarification would help - do you mean surviving ...
... Yes, Meir, I've heard it done, and the equivalent is standard practice on NSP. ... Plenty, including many of Wm Dixon's. There are, though, as many reasons...
Hello Meir - yes to your query, and another way of doing it (if you have the pipes and they can co-habbit!) is to plug a C chanter into a D set and play in D...
Jockagnew@...
Feb 3, 2002 8:16 am
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It may be of interest to people to know that a project that we have planned for a little while now is one step closer to becoming a reality. A Bellowspipe...
To all fellow Members. I have not visited the site for a while, but am pleased to see it is still as vibrant. It is a pity we do not have such a site for GHB...
Oops, Sorry all, that was intended as a private mail... Cheers. Ray ... Ray Sloan. Bagpipe Maker: Uilleann Pipes/Scottish & Northumbrian Smallpipes/Lowland...
I don't have so much play in my drones that I could play in B minor on my A pipes. However, I can easily play in a minor, cross fingering a c natural and an F...
Bob Cameron
BobCameron@...
Feb 4, 2002 3:58 am
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this is great fun on ssp as is playing in A maj/min/mixolyd etc. on nsp, depending on number of keys on chanter (kt's "our kate", for example, is a wonderful...
Michele Lechner asked me to post a message here saying has an Irish bellows made by Hamish Moore for sale. If you are interested please contact Michele at...
John_Dally@...
Feb 5, 2002 3:59 pm
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Hi John, How did those reeds work out? I hope that your wife has made a full recovery. Cheers. Ray Ray Sloan. Bagpipe Maker: Uilleann Pipes/Scottish &...
To whom it may concern: If you reply to a bellowspipe message it goes to the whole group, not just the sender (whereas if you reply to a nsp group message, it...
Last call for anyone who fancies a weekend of piping in the rolling countryside of Northamptonshire for the weekend of 19th to 21st April. £80 full board plus...
Oops again, that was also supposed to be 'private'..... I'll never master these computers! Ray ... Ray Sloan. Bagpipe Maker: Uilleann Pipes/Scottish &...
Help! I'm having trouble teaching a GHB player bellows technique. I don't know what I'm missing, but I'd love to hear from those who have done this. Somehow...
Richard.A.Damon.III@...
Feb 6, 2002 2:32 pm
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This is kind of strange comming from me, since I'm just in the building stage and haven't learned the technique yet (Play GHB, learning SSP). However, that...
I don't think bellows technique is particularly difficult -- make sure the belt is at the bottom or lower end of the rib cage; make sure the armstrap is above...
Jim McGillivray
jim.mcgillivray@...
Feb 6, 2002 4:36 pm
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Does anyone have trouble with the bony part of their elbow becoming painfull from pressing on the wooden bellows? Is there a remedy? Bruce T....
brucet0007@...
Feb 6, 2002 4:54 pm
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wear them a bit higher up the arm? related problem. top of uillean bellows digging into ribs. i have elbow and kidney pads. perhaps the kidney pad could extend...
recently went through this. all advice so far excellent. in addition, look at message # 1823. its another way of looking at bellows technique, and it works...
a slightly different take. I started on GHB after being a professional tuba player and music teacher for years. being used to blowing long phrases and taking...
Bob Cameron
BobCameron@...
Feb 6, 2002 11:42 pm
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Hi Matt, could you fill us in over how your shoulder strap bellows works for you, and how it is set up ?? I have some problems with confort if I try and put a...
Hi David- I don't know how it works, and why yours doesn't. Mine is a standard Heriot & Allan bellows for Border/Lowland, i.e. a bit larger than their NSP...
Thank you all for your suggestions. I should have mentioned that I did begin by searching the archives and pulling out what had previously been said. I'm...
Richard.A.Damon.III@...
Feb 7, 2002 2:57 pm
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... Simple remedy. I glued a thick lump of foam (inside a bag of Border Check material, to make it look OK) onto the cheek of the bellows, where the elbow...
seumas@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:09 pm
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Hello David S As another over the shoulder bellows strap user I simply use a long strap fitted to the bellows in the normal way. The blowpipe becomes an...
While we are on the subject of the physical hazards of piping has anyone in the group ever problems with tension/pain in the left wrist. I occasionally ...
