"An Cath Gailbeach"- I like this tune very much. I basically learned this particular variation by ear from the same recording the OT mentioned above. Not that hard. I have played this tune in the...

Wallace are indeed very good pipes of good quality. I've said it before (on Dunsire) and I'll say it again....they are under-rated. My friend has a set and they sound great. He plays with a Shepard...

McCallum pipes are OK and yes their customer service is tops. However, there are many other makers out there that would be just as good.

The expensive ones such as: Athertons, Krons, MacLellan,...

Ian Lawther I believe lives in King County. He has a Celtic music store at www.bagpipediscs.com I had the pleasure of meeting him once.

But there are others scattered along the I-5 corridor.

Go...

I can't believe you omitted "Duncan Soutar-Scotland" or "Colin Kyo-USA"...for shame!!:p

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The player on the far left looks to be Matt Seattle. I have one of his CD's of him playing his Borderpipes. Awesome musician. Thanks...

Perhaps 1 exception out of many? Still...the odds of actually getting a quality GHB made of Rosewood is quite high. I still stand by what I say, but granted...there are a few (and I mean a few)...

I would be a little leery. $300 seems awfully low even for used pipes of any reputable maker. If this person was in a band, and the bag leaked, it would be highly improbable to have it sent out for...

Can't count how many times I've heard that before.:shock:

For those of us that have the "luxury" of having more than one set of pipes to play, reeding up one set with cane drone reeds is...

Oh, but they sound so nice!!

Though I am not a fan of EZ drone reeds (I forsaken them long ago), they do fine for most in the "no hassle" department. As for cane reeds, I think it prudent for all...

I have 3.

I have a set of newer RG3 Hardies.

A unique set of cocobolo's that is a one of a kind.



I didn't. My favorite set is my new Soutars DS-4's. I love'em!!

Over the course of the past few years I have always enjoyed your photographs of and around your home and the people you've shared it with...especially your wife. I have noticed how you have tried...

3 things come to mind:

1. I remembered the pipes, but forgot the chanter. :doh:

2. Had a rubber cork in the chanter stock to blow and tune drone reeds, then forgetting it is in there and jammed...

Just look at my avatar...Crawford modern.

Very nice!! Awesome present!:D

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But a bit of advice.....Do your utmost to NEVER let your chanter "dangle". Keep your hand on it or lay it up over the bag at all times. I...

I will be staying home this Memorial Day, but I will be playing this evening at sundown. It has become a tradition here in my rural neighborhood. The neighbors have already inquired if I will be...

I am a Boeing Flightline Inspector on the 777.....been there for 22 years.

Let's not forget Murray Huggins at Colin Kyo pipes...he has successfully designed and made blackwood (and other stuff) laminated composite chanters that are getting favorable reviews. I have read...

Wasn't sure if I asked this already....

The pipes in the photo...are those MacPhersons? They look to be plain turned w/ chalice tops. Been looking into those as of late.

I can trace my family to the Dumfries area of Scotland dated 1785. Many of them crossed the pond in the 1820's in the N. Carolina area. Many of my Ancestors went to Ireland (Galway area) to be stone...

I usually try to show some compassion, but at the same time be subtle in my response. I usually respond by saying "I would be honored" or something along those lines. On another note, I usually...

How about "Murdo's Wedding"? Nice tune. 4/4 March. Easy to learn I think....for grade 5.

48.

"The older I get....the better I was..."

I would say yes and no. Basically the fingering of GHB and small pipes are the same. However, usually SP chanters in D have smaller hole spacings than the average A chanter in either GHB or SP. It is...

There are those (like myself) that have "keepers" and "spares". My keepers are "fair weather players", but not all the time if I cannot help it. My "spares" or just the one spare, is used for...