Friends of the Pipers' Gathering, With little more than a week to go before the Gathering, we have a few last-minute announcements. TRANSPORTATION VOLUNTEERS...
For anyone interested, I've looked up Mass times within reach of Killington asnd worked up a list with schedules, phome numbers and directions, which is...
Greetings list, For sale is an impeccable set of Ray Sloan NSP in D, fully mounted. This set was custom made for me last year by Ray, but I find myself needing...
Reminder from the Calendar of bellowspipes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellowspipes/cal Pipers' Gathering Begins Friday August 11, 2006 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm ...
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Aug 11, 2006 11:50 pm
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Reminder from the Calendar of bellowspipes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellowspipes/cal Pipers' Gathering ends Monday August 14, 2006 8:00 am - 1:00 pm (This...
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Aug 14, 2006 11:43 am
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Greets all, The youth hostel that is the delighfully fake Carbisdale Castle in the NE of Scotland has an art gallery. One of its exhibits is a painting of a...
Hello, I have a Garvie borderpipe chanter for sale. I just got a great new keyed chanter from Nigel and I don't think I'll need the old one now. It's about 4...
you might want to get "Бbлгаска Гаида" Bulgarian Bagpipe Balkanton Records ADD 060251....
Bob Cameron
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Aug 25, 2006 2:09 pm
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You might also want to check the Eastern European Folk Arts web site: http://www.eefc.org/site/...
Bob Cameron
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Aug 25, 2006 2:18 pm
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Hello, I realise the message regarding my chanter that's for sale missed a few vital bits of info so here they are. The chanter is made from Mopane and if you...
Paul, I don't know about CDs, but there's some possibly useful stuff in ABC format, so you might like to browse through the extensive list of free tune...
I have a set of Polish pipes from the Zakopane region (Dudy Podhalanskie [sp?]) as well as sheet music for about twenty or so tunes. I also have a recording...
Hello all I just joined the list. I'm not a piper (yet - I'm about to take delivery of a set of smallpipes!) but play in a band, Horseplay, with border piper...
wondering if there are any other players of Musette Bechonnet on the group? parle Anglais ou Francais... I play 16 pouce, 4 drone set, going nicely on Guy...
Welcome to the group! Do we have a register of the types of pipes played by group members? For general interest (or not), I play Swayne border pipes G/C (16...
Good idea, Ian. Our web page has a folder for databases- maybe we could start a register there. I play Swayne Lowland pipes in A (highland fingering with...
Bob Cameron
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Sep 11, 2006 12:19 am
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Penrith Piper's Day, organised by North Cumbria Pipers, is on 28 October this year- sorry about the rather late announcement. A day of teaching/playing on...
SSP in A - 3 drones Low and High A plus E in the middle. Bellows, bag and Aluminium case. Lovely rich warm sound Drones by Jimmy Anderson and Chanter by Ray...
Ray Sloan has written The Smallpipes Survival Guide (2001), with very clear reed-making instructions. If memory serves me well, it used to be available...
... I don't know anything about the Morrison pipes, but out border pipes are usually set up at about 16 inches water pressure. This very similar to our...
Not online, but there is an appendix section in "More Power To Your Elbow" with reed making instructions by several pipe makers, some for SSP, some for border...
Bob Cameron
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Sep 15, 2006 11:01 pm
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Hello, do you have any pictures or soundfiles of the Jimmy Anderson Pipes you're selling? Phil Williams <phil@...> wrote: SSP in A - 3 drones Low and...
I have a copy of all the pdfs that make up Ray's book sitting on my hard drive. Contact me off group and I will send you a copy. Ian ... From: Eddie Climo To:...
Also NSP chanter reed on Mike Nelson's NSP making site http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5701/smallpipes/reeds.htm#top Uilleann Reed making on the NPU site ...
Christopher Bayley
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Sep 16, 2006 12:04 pm
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... I have a set of Freds reelpipes plus a set of his smallpipes which use the same bag and bellows. I find that the smallpipes use a small amount of air of at...
... Donald, So you'd say that the reel pipes are a bit more pressure than the smallpipes? Would you characterize the reelpipes as comfortable to play? Nate...
... The reelpipes I have are no less comfortable to play than the smallpipes. I must add that I am new to using bellows pipes and comfort is not a word I would...
... I have sets of Hamish Moore smallpipes and border pipes. The border pipes take much less pressure than the smallpipes. Best, John [Non-text portions of...
