Well, I finally got around to making my firt working SSP chanter reed. Rather than deal with the expense and learning curve of startingfrom tube cane ,...
... reed. ... startingfrom ... materials. ... tying ... Killington. ... No I have found that the flwmaster blow mouth piece had made the biggest difference not...
Bob, I haven't tried my own cane reed yet because I am afraid of all the shaping and gouging involved (which you handily eliminated), but I made my own plastic...
... the ... plastic ... as ... my ... profiled ... of ... scrape, ... but ... two ... in a band in NE Wisconsin and that we USUALLY use plastic reeds for ...
... Glad you are having fun with the reeds Bob :) I've made a a few very small changes to the way I make the reeds, and have updated my online reedmaking...
I began reed maing using gouged bassoon cane for the very reasons Bob writes. i've been at it for nearly ten years now and have never gouged a piece of cane...
Thanks for the replies and info, Anita and Kevin. It's great to hear from you. I'll be sure check out your updated site, Anita. I also have some gouged,...
... hear from you. I'll be sure check out your updated site, Anita. ... see how that goes too. For the staple, I used the staple from an Ian Kinnear reed...
... Pre gouged and profiled [NOT SHAPED} bassoon cane. I used Riggoti blanks from Charles Double Reed Co. Since I wrote that, I've made three other reeds- two...
Bob Cameron
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Jul 11, 2006 1:46 am
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now, Jock, just because one knows better doesn't prevent the occasional attack of stupidity ( Honestly , your honor, I didn't know the chanter was loaded) ;-)...
Bob Cameron
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Jul 11, 2006 2:11 am
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... yet, ... has ... back ... Bob, where do you get your cane from? Online, music shop, etc.? Ben...
Warning. I once dropped an nsp chanter when turning a page of music. it must have gradually worked its way loose as a result of inappropriate downward pressure...
Sorry, I don't sell reeds. About the only pipe which can be fitted with generic reeds are Highland pipes. These can even prove touch for certain makes of...
.. that's right, in less than four weeks from now, the 2006 piper's Gathering will be in full swing. I hope to meet a lot of bellowspipes list members there-...
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Bob- I'll be there and I'm looking forward to trying the border pipe parade sets with you and others. Glenn Dreyer ... old ... had ... have ... here, ... ...
Hello all, I am wondering where to tune the notes on my SSP chanter to. Should I tune them directly to perfect "korg tuner" pitch, or is there a certain...
Assuming an A chanter, set the low A at 440hz. Tune your Low A and High a at an octave. Rather than using the meter and plus or minus x cents for each pitch,...
Bob Cameron
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Jul 23, 2006 11:04 pm
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Hello, Good to find this group today. I hope it is appropriate to ask but I was wondering if anyone knew where I might get a set of plans to make a set of...
Hello! Just a quick note to those of people that have been following my Smallpipe Podcast. I'm running a competition this week. The prize is one of our CDs,...
bob is quite right in advising you just to use your ears and tune so the intervals sound most harmonious, but you might (as I did when starting out on nsp) be...
oh and the G is tuned either as a pure fourth with the D (either the just D (Dj) and the amazingly sharp D (Dm approximating a pure minor third B-D, tho i...
Hey guys, Thanks for the feed back... I have been in the past doing as Bob said and tuning the notes to me ear with the drones as I learned from Iain MacHarg,...
playing with a fiddle shouldn't be a problem as fiddlers and violinists sound best, imho, when playing as close to just intervals as is possible in any given...
