Warped blackwood chanters

[Scott McCawley]

Happy New Year all:
I have come into possession of several blackwood chanters with varying degrees of warping. Some are slightly convex on the hole side, with others concave. Rather odd, as I would think that they would bend one way or the other based on the holes.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of any technique or method for "unwarping" chanters.
Thanks

[Taoralurath]

Yeah, this happened to me! I'd bought an expensive BW chanter (I wont mention the brand name, as they sponsor this site) and it warped into a nice bananna shaped bow. Really bad, and really obvious.

This is the technique I used to deal with the problem: I went back to the reputable dealer who sold it to me, showed them the chanter, and let them do their reputable dealer thing and replace it. I think that's about the only technique that'll work with a warped chanter!

[Rick McFarlane]

Originally posted by Scott McCawley:
Some are slightly convex on the hole side, with others concave. Rather odd, as I would think that they would bend one way or the other based on the holes.
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Scott, maybe you've got a batch of those
Orthopedic chanters - <groan>

sorry :wink:

cheers anyway,