i just thought i'd say that...they are easy to play,sound great,PERFECT for a small chapel,i live in an apartment and my neighbors cannt hear them,mr. gibson...
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Todd
toddmcquilla...
Apr 5, 2008 1:12 am
... I was thinking about buying some.....what did you pay??...
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Gary Krueger
garytherev
Apr 5, 2008 1:28 pm
Jerry Gibson runs a class operation and is a gentlemen of the first order. Gary tiptheclown <tiptheclown@...> wrote: i just...
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Forest
forest_of_su...
Apr 13, 2008 6:39 am
I bought my first set of pipes today. (McCallums) They are new and the gentleman who sold them to me set them up and tuned them. I did not try them until I got...
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Amanda Brewster
ldypypr
Apr 13, 2008 10:42 am
perhaps the chanter reed needs finessed. i.e. it may be too strong of a reed for you to blow right now. Forest <weaver@...> wrote:...
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Stewart
olypiper
Apr 13, 2008 12:53 pm
Pull the chanter out and try to blow a tune on it. Is it making you lightheaded and causing your eyeballs to bulge out? If this is the case, the reed is too...
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Forest
forest_of_su...
Apr 13, 2008 1:25 pm
... lightheaded and causing your eyeballs to bulge out? If this is the case, the reed is too strong.<< I tried that - I could not get the slightest squeak no...
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Stewart
olypiper
Apr 13, 2008 2:30 pm
If you have some hemp, you can put a few more wraps around the bottom of the reed to tighten it up. I like to use waxed hemp, because it is less likely to...
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Rob McWilliam
robmcw13
Apr 13, 2008 2:55 pm
Forest, You are going through a rite of passage. Almost everybody has gone through this 'painful' segment learning the pipes. You are using muscles that need ...
13501
carol
pipergirl614
Apr 14, 2008 2:48 am
Hi everyone, I received this inquiry from my piano pedagogy list. Does anyone have any ideas? " I am the director of music for a Presbyterian church, and have...
13502
rockhigher@...
redminstrel
Apr 14, 2008 3:54 am
Hmmmm think Brother James Air is most appropriate and works on Pipes...there are also some great Irish hymns that work "How lovely is thy dwelling place" also...
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Forest
forest_of_su...
Apr 14, 2008 6:35 pm
I tried your suggestions, but still get nothing. If I stop up the drones and squeeze the bag (no matter how hard or softly) I hear air hissing out through the...
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Catherine Mauritz
cemauritz
Apr 14, 2008 6:47 pm
Hi Forest: Just a thought, is your instructor or anybody available to blow through your chanter on or off the pipes? When you take the reed out of the chanter...
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Forest Butera
forest_of_su...
Apr 14, 2008 6:53 pm
... blow through your chanter on or off the pipes? When you take the reed out of the chanter and blow thru it do you get any sound at all?.......John M.,Mystic...
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Stewart
olypiper
Apr 14, 2008 8:48 pm
The second video on this link may be useful. It shows how to soften a chanter reed. Go slow, a little at a time, testing as you go. ...
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Bob
sailstar14
Apr 14, 2008 9:25 pm
Last fall I bought a couple of books at a festival, Music in Paradise and the Church Piper, many other books are available by mail. Try this link. ...
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John Howland
john_howland
Apr 14, 2008 10:49 pm
I have a copy of the church piper, 11 or 12, it was really expensive and there are a boatload of books. I would just start paging thru a hymnal and see if a...
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quetz
quetzlcal
Apr 15, 2008 12:03 am
I would recommend checking out the following book... http://www.hendersongroupltd.com/Cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=161&idproduct=410 or the following...
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laraemcc
Apr 15, 2008 3:47 am
Does anybody have a bagpipe writer or bagpipe player version of The Hills of Perth? I am learning it for band and do not want to rewrite the whole piece....
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laraemcc
Apr 15, 2008 3:47 am
Does anybody have a bagpipe writer or bagpipe player version of The Hills of Perth? I am learning it for band and do not want to rewrite the whole piece....
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Gary Krueger
garytherev
Apr 15, 2008 1:28 pm
Best way to learn it is to learn to "sight-read" it. My teacher has spent a year getting me to deal with tunes as they are written without resorting to BWW....
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bagpipers2@yahoogroup...
Apr 15, 2008 2:41 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bagpipers2 group. File : /ALL TUNES,...
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Greg Walsh
rhubarb67
Apr 15, 2008 2:46 pm
I agree with Gary, the best way to learn a tune is to sight read it first. Get to know the notes as you read them. I've uploaded the tune to the Files folder...
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laraemcc
Apr 15, 2008 8:01 pm
Thank you for the file. As for my sightreading, I agree. I can sight read just fine, 7 years of marching band helps with that. However, I have such a...
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Greg Walsh
rhubarb67
Apr 15, 2008 8:52 pm
Here's some advice my instructor, Bill Micenko told me: 1. Go over the sheet music, locate any repetitions and highlight them with your color of choice (I use...
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laraemcc
Apr 15, 2008 8:58 pm
I started doing that last year and it helps a little. I blame it on not having to memorize music as a kid. I worked with Bill for several years and never got...
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Greg Walsh
rhubarb67
Apr 16, 2008 3:34 am
Where did you meet Bill? Are you in Washington State? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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laraemcc
Apr 16, 2008 4:48 pm
I played with Tacoma Scots from 2000 - 2005 and now I play with Clan Gordon here in Tacoma. LaRae ... it on ... 40yahoogroups.com>, "Greg ... that are ... four...
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Greg Walsh
rhubarb67
Apr 16, 2008 5:03 pm
Well I'll be, I play with the Oly Highlanders. I took lessons from Bill when he was teaching at South Puget Sound College. Actuall, he told me to mark the...
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Aussiepiper
aussiepiper_...
Apr 17, 2008 2:26 am
Hi Everyone, I have been looking at Pipes on eBay and came accross a set made by a Canadian Pipe Maker called Stephan MacCallam (As opposed to MacCallum) I was...
