I remember I had a lovely half ivory bowl pipe chanter and I did something you should never do; turn the chanter to take it out of the stock by twisting it by the sole of the chanter. I snapped my lovely blackwood chanter diagonally though the middle. Luckily, the pipe major was a keen fly fisherman and sat in his steelworks security gate booth tying flies. He used silk thread and glue to repair it and said, as he handed it to me "it'll probably squeal like a banshee now" but it was fine.
Thank you so much for this video! This is incredibly helpful, especially for a first time bagpiper. May I contact you with additional questions or concerns about my bagpipe?
Hey Joe greetings from Ireland I'm thinking of using a hide bag just wondering how to maintain the bag would I be right In saying you can't use a moisture system in it
Hi Andrew, one question about drone calibration. I can shut them off only if I also squeeze the bag, then they all shut off nicely at the same time. But just by blowing stronger they won't shut off, I can't blow that strong. Do you think I should close the drone reeds a little bit?
Thanks for the video. Just tried the play 10-15, wait 10-15 and after the wait period I found for the remaining practice time I was re-tuning often. Do you know why that is? The pipe seemed to be more tuning "responsive" ( I could hear it better) after the wait period. It never stabilized for very long but I only played about 25 more minutes. I like this technique and will use it from now on. ---Joe
Hey Joe - not sure why they would be harder to tune after the wait period. Have you carefully gone through the 4 maintenance steps, including calibration?
Outstanding Video. Thank you very much. Could you please tell me what tune you play/ start to play @ 9:53 (Step 12). I am looking desperately for the name & sheet music. The Scottish Borderers use to play this tune after the Royal Salute (St. Andrew's Cross) when HM The Queen is inspecting the Troops.
more vlogs like this please! outstanding!
Useful tips for beginner level like me.. Thanks
Very informative. Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
I remember I had a lovely half ivory bowl pipe chanter and I did something you should never do; turn the chanter to take it out of the stock by twisting it by the sole of the chanter. I snapped my lovely blackwood chanter diagonally though the middle. Luckily, the pipe major was a keen fly fisherman and sat in his steelworks security gate booth tying flies. He used silk thread and glue to repair it and said, as he handed it to me "it'll probably squeal like a banshee now" but it was fine.
Yes definitely, id say never ever pull from the bottom, even if you no that its a plastic chanter, any could snap. You never know
Great video - thanks so much ..
Keep up the great work!
Also, very impressed with the store and service,
Cheers
14) Let Chase, Joe or Sean tune them!😀
Excellent!
Thank you so much for this video! This is incredibly helpful, especially for a first time bagpiper. May I contact you with additional questions or concerns about my bagpipe?
Great video as always
What song at 0:45 ??
Flat high A is hard to fix
Hey Joe greetings from Ireland I'm thinking of using a hide bag just wondering how to maintain the bag would I be right In saying you can't use a moisture system in it
this is fascinating, but it all sounds the same to me, in or out of tune, good or bad quality LOL
Hi Andrew,
one question about drone calibration. I can shut them off only if I also squeeze the bag, then they all shut off nicely at the same time. But just by blowing stronger they won't shut off, I can't blow that strong. Do you think I should close the drone reeds a little bit?
Does the blow in pipe has to be air tight ie the blow back seal on that?
Thank you :)
Thanks for the video. Just tried the play 10-15, wait 10-15 and after the wait period I found for the remaining practice time I was re-tuning often. Do you know why that is? The pipe seemed to be more tuning "responsive" ( I could hear it better) after the wait period. It never stabilized for very long but I only played about 25 more minutes. I like this technique and will use it from now on.
---Joe
Hey Joe - not sure why they would be harder to tune after the wait period. Have you carefully gone through the 4 maintenance steps, including calibration?
What’s the tune you have playing in the background?
Outstanding Video. Thank you very much. Could you please tell me what tune you play/ start to play @ 9:53 (Step 12). I am looking desperately for the name & sheet music. The Scottish Borderers use to play this tune after the Royal Salute (St. Andrew's Cross) when HM The Queen is inspecting the Troops.
That is the “crags of tumbledown mountain”
Go raibh míle míle maith agat - Thanx a lot Pipers DoJo !!!
Did you make your own manometer? If so, how did you go about that?
Good video but the backround music is disruptive especially when you play in the video.