I want pipes!

**beloitpiper** · 28th February 07, 09:46 AM

I ordered my Uilleann pipes 6 weeks ago, thinking they'd be here in 5 (that's what it said on the site). Well, they didn't show up, so I decided to e-mail them. Their response? They got a lot of orders in and it is going to take another month before my pipes get shipped.

I'm not mad, because I understand that they are busy (and that good pipes are worth waiting for), but I really wish I had my pipes....

**Tattoo Bradley** · 28th February 07, 10:58 AM

Bummer.

I hope you get them in soon!
I'm awaiting my practice chanter. But, I received an email yesterday stating that it has shipped. I've tenitively arranged for my first lesson at the West Texas Celtic fest in two weekends. Good stuff.

**Skweres** · 28th February 07, 01:04 PM

ive had a practice chanter and highland pipes for a little while, got em for my birthday, lot harder to learn and play then i thought, but it could just be me

**Tattoo Bradley** · 28th February 07, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Skweres

ive had a practice chanter and highland pipes for a little while, got em for my birthday, lot harder to learn and play then i thought, but it could just be me

I have no experience with the bagpipes yet. Soon enough... I have experience with other wind instruments though (bassoon, clarinet.) So, I am fully expecting the difficulties.

**beloitpiper** · 28th February 07, 07:27 PM

Bradley, your previous musical experience will help with learning the chanter and the tunes, buuuut the hardest challenge you will have to overcome (and trust me on this one) is learning that the sound comes from your arm and not your mouth.

As you well know, woodwind instruments will stop making noise when you stop breathing. Not true with pipes. It took me months to adjust. It's tough to re-wire your brain to breath when you need to (not when it is convenient for the music) because, in pipe music, there are no rests!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 28th February 07, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by beloitpiper

Bradley, your previous musical experience will help with learning the chanter and the tunes, buuuut the hardest challenge you will have to overcome (and trust me on this one) is learning that the sound comes from your arm and not your mouth.

As you well know, woodwind instruments will stop making noise when you stop breathing. Not true with pipes. It took me months to adjust. It's tough to re-wire your brain to breath when you need to (not when it is convenient for the music) because, in pipe music, there are no rests!

I have been trying to program my mind for this, and I just gave up and figure I'll work it out when I began to "wrestle the Scottish Octopus"

**haukehaien** · 1st March 07, 05:29 AM

It took me months to adjust. It's tough to re-wire your brain to breath when you need to (not when it is convenient for the music) because, in pipe music, there are no rests!

I find that to be the thing that I have the most difficulty with in transitioning a tune from the PC to the pipes.