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15210
hello den, welcome aboard. i'm sure you'll find the help you're looking for here, even a few pipers in britian if my memory serves. "gunner" ... From:...
david schnyer
gunnera4
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Nov 5, 2009
3:49 am
15211
Hello ,and welcome!  I wish you much luck in your journey with the pipes! Amanda Butler , Pa USA ________________________________ From: denelio75...
Amanda Brewster
ldypypr
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Nov 5, 2009
10:53 am
15212
Hello from Babs pipes Kunkletown PA USA ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Noreen Wentz
nobriellen
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Nov 5, 2009
11:56 am
15213
Hello Den, pleased to meet you. Good luck with your piping endeavors. What a path you are on. I have found that Piping people are friendly, so you're in for...
Duchess
duchefse
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Nov 5, 2009
3:24 pm
15214
Welcome to the group Den. This is a good piping community, lots of infomation and very friendly folks. Hope to hear more from you on your piping journey. Mark ...
Mark B
usfifefighter
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Nov 5, 2009
5:16 pm
15215
Ok, I just spotted a gizmo on ebay (oh no!) Called The GutBuster reed softener. Anybody heard anything about it? Tried it? Or is this just another chasing the...
seumas_elphen
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Nov 9, 2009
3:12 pm
15216
I've never heard of it. I googled it and came up with nothing. The best thing I've heard of and will always use is my Piper's Pal Reed Protector made by...
PAL62760
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Nov 9, 2009
3:39 pm
15217
It looks like something I was thinking of building... It appears to have a quick change pneumatic hose fitting on it so unless you has a compressor that would...
John Walsh
dittogunner
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Nov 9, 2009
3:43 pm
15218
... Offhand I would repeat the old platitudes about there being no short-cuts to success and no such thing as a free lunch -- I probably said the same thing...
crusader149
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Nov 11, 2009
7:34 pm
15219
Learning to manipulate my chanter reed has been the best thing I'm doing for myself as a piper. I don't know how to do everything yet (I let my P/M do the...
Avery Bowen
bykr79
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Nov 11, 2009
8:17 pm
15220
You are smart for doing that. I learned early on how tune both the chanter and the drones. Learning how to tame a reed is important as well. You will ruin a...
John Walsh
dittogunner
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Nov 12, 2009
3:22 pm
15221
Thank you for all your response. In the end, I weighed the claims of seller versus the feedback of seller as a seller (got all that?) and found it lacking. But...
seumas_elphen
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Nov 12, 2009
6:30 pm
15222
Hey, I have had hummingbirds swoop in on my porch while I'm enjoying my practice chanter, and bitch at me!  :)) -- Duchess ... From: seumas_elphen...
Duchess
duchefse
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Nov 12, 2009
7:27 pm
15223
When I play my pipes outside at night, the bats sonar goes haywire. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Noreen Wentz
nobriellen
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Nov 12, 2009
7:30 pm
15224
That's funny. We have Seamus' cicadas, Noreen's bats, and my hummingbirds reacting to our playing. Anybody else? Speaking of animals, I don't know how our Pipe...
Duchess
duchefse
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Nov 12, 2009
7:38 pm
15225
On Thursday 12 November 2009, my mailbox was graced by a missive ... My two dogs starts singing whenever I play. Cheers, Ron. -- Gestern noch auf stolzen...
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
olgiatipy
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Nov 12, 2009
7:39 pm
15226
Our horses, sheep, and cats don't mind, But the goats yell. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Noreen Wentz
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Nov 12, 2009
9:55 pm
15227
Well, the cicada was only one example. Had a opossum that came out only when I played, but he was easy to dodge. My ex's rottweiler kept jumping up from behind...
seumas_elphen
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Nov 13, 2009
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15228
We were in Scotland this summer, and my husband was practicing his pipes in a pasture. The cows all started inching closer and closer to him, until they were...
Pam Brownlee
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Nov 13, 2009
1:38 pm
15229
I'm enjoying the posts about the varied animal reactions to bagpipes, and can personally vouch for the extreme interest of dairy cows! Our neighbor's yearling...
alamodragonfly
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Nov 13, 2009
2:47 pm
15230
Hi! I'm new to the group & sort of new to piping. My husband learned to play 'way back in high school (30+ years ago). I picked up his PC a few times & his...
S Benson
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Nov 15, 2009
2:58 am
15231
Hi Sandy. Welcome! It will be fun for both you and your husband to be involved with piping together. May you both have many good years of "scaring the skunks."...
Duchess
duchefse
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Nov 15, 2009
5:35 am
15232
Welcome! I am also 1/2 of a newbie husband/wife piping couple. Hubby has wanted to learn for a few years but didn't have the time until last year. I started...
Jennifer CAMPBELL
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Nov 15, 2009
5:57 am
15233
... ********** I don't have much experience with animals, but on Fridays, when I play on Main Street, my high A perfectly matches the ambulance. Really. Jean ...
Jeanne Hayes
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Nov 16, 2009
11:54 pm
15234
Looks like you have found a way to make the other cars move out of your way in traffic. Just figure out how to drive with no hands. LOL -- Duchess ... From:...
Duchess
duchefse
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Nov 17, 2009
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15235
Listening to CD's in my old Mustang GT was interesting.... The exhaust would be in tune with the Drones at 62 mph. I remember the first time I noticed it I was...
John Walsh
dittogunner
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Nov 17, 2009
7:48 pm
15236
The neighbors tell me when tuning the drones I sound just like the car alarms that frequently go off in the area. In fact, my playing has probably set some...
daviddaley
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Nov 18, 2009
3:30 pm
15237
I went completely blank when a friend asked, can anyone advise the pipe tune played in the movie Waterloo when the highland battalion advances? Rich...
Mordreth
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Nov 20, 2009
6:56 pm
15238
I pulled up a clip on Youtube. It is the Cock of the North. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vlcuvrM1po&feature=related Stewart...
olypiper
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Nov 20, 2009
9:02 pm
15239
DOH, and headslap, thank you....
Mordreth
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