Forum: Ladies' Room
11-13-2019, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,017
Re: Too Large Pipes?
An extended size bag is generally not equivalent to a large bag. For example, the only difference between the small Canmore bag and the extended small Canmore bag is that the latter is one inch...
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Forum: Music
09-28-2019, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 393
Re: Donald Ban of Kyles Flodda
It's published in "To The Drum Of The Sea", a collection of Alex Muir's compositions published by Bandleader Publications in the UK. Their email address as printed on the title page of the collection...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
08-23-2019, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,040
Re: Hybrid bag breathing
The old green Canmore large bag was a 12" bag; it was huge. I tried one once and could barely reach the chanter. I am 5'7" and take a 32" sleeve. I, too, find the new Canmore hybrid medium to be very...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
07-03-2019, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 851
Re: Practice Chanter Recommendations
Any small rubber band can be used for this; it doesn't need to be a dental band. I've been doing this for decades whenever I've needed to have a quiet PC. You can control the degree of quietness by...
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Forum: Industry News
06-30-2019, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 432
Summer Sale at The Piper's Den
10% off all in-stock merchandise!
This sale includes all in-stock pipes by Dunbar and Wallace and even items already on sale. In a word, EVERYTHING. Starts Monday, 1 July and ends 15 August.
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
03-28-2019, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,141
Re: Pipe bag for smallpipes
I tied a Bannatyne synthetic bag onto my Walsh mouthblown smallpipes several years ago. For the common stock, I took the position from my old bag. The main difference between tying in this stock and...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
02-27-2019, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 6,905
Re: Canmore Hybrid bags
I have a Bannatyne hybrid extended small, old version with the black hide covering, on one of my GHBs and a Canmore hybrid extended small on my main GHB. Although they are both 9.5" bags, I find that...
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Forum: Do It Yourself (DIY)
02-26-2019, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,161
Re: Cords
Al MacLeod, the excellent piper in the Canadian musical duo Bourne & MacLeod, used a length of moderately heavy steel chain with fishing lures (complete with hooks) as tassels. Not perhaps everyone's...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
01-25-2019, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 683
Re: Squealing/Double-Toning Low A
BaggyMacpipes is correct. The squealing on low A is usually an indication that the reed has become too weak. You can try opening it up with a reed poker, but I would say that reed needs to be...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
01-04-2019, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,073
Re: Pipe bag - Livingstone pattern
My teacher first made a "Livingstone" bag for me back in 1959. He took a 10" bag, marked the usual drone and blowpipe stock positions and then measured an inch forward from each drone position and a...
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Forum: Pipe Bands
12-06-2018, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,169
Re: How many gigs?
My local band averages 12-16 gigs a year, of which probably half involve some sort of payment, usually a modest honorarium, although some venues reward us very generously. Because of our isolated...
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Forum: Industry News
11-18-2018, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 392
Seasonal Specials at The Piper's Den
$150 (CAD) off in-stock Wallace and Dunbar pipes. Wallace Classic 2 and Classic 4 (engraved nickel) in stock. Many other deals on our Seasonal Specials page, from now until 24 December.
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
11-18-2018, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,415
Re: David Naill Poly pipes
I have two students (brothers) who each has a set of Naill poly pipes. The tone is excellent, although perhaps a touch louder than blackwood drones. One is playing Canning tenors with a Kinnaird...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
10-18-2018, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,550
Re: drones
Actually, it does work with John Walsh's A-2000 smallpipes. I do it all the time with mine. Similarly, with these smallpipes, placing your finger over the top of a stopped drone and quickly removing...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
09-26-2018, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,876
Re: Shouldn't there be threads in drone seats??
All this could have been avoided if your bandmate had learned the simple technique of placing his tongue over the end of his mouthpiece when taking a breath as many of us were taught to do in the...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
09-16-2018, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,479
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
09-04-2018, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 400
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
09-02-2018, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,040
Re: Practice chanter reed issue
A PC reed that chokes constantly, especially when playing grips and taorluaths, can be a major turn-off for beginners. The best solution, as stated above, is to try to regulate your blowing, so that...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
08-24-2018, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 905
Re: Bagpipe Case
A couple of my bandmates are avid bikers. They both use the Piper's Choice backpack case to carry their pipes on their motorbikes. They are both very happy with the case.
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
08-20-2018, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,864
Re: Airstream tilt
Me too. I've done this for years with never a problem. For a short time, I even had three valves at the same time: one integrated in a Gannaway mouthpiece (an excellent mouthpiece no longer being...
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Forum: Music
05-11-2018, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,448
Re: Canadian Schottische?
In Archie Cairns' Pipe Music - Book 2, there is a tune Archie said he heard some years earlier and jotted down from memory. For the purposes of publication, he gave it the title "Highland...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
05-08-2018, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 766
Re: Elliot Sound Supreme reeds.
Excellent reeds, free blowing and great volume. Both the molded and the ridge cut versions go really well in McCallum chanters.
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Forum: Pipe Bands
05-07-2018, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,926
Re: Top North American Pipe Bands - update!
Chilliwack & District also appears to be defunct, at least as a grade 2 band. No longer listed on the BC Pipers' Association website and doesn't appear to have competed since 2010.
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Forum: Pipe Bands
05-07-2018, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,926
Re: Top North American Pipe Bands - update!
I doubt that the New Westminster Police PB (Grade 2) is still active. There has been nothing posted on their website or their Facebook page since 2012, they have not competed since 2012 and they are...
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Forum: Music
05-05-2018, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 634
Re: Donald Ban of Kyles Flodda?
It's in the collection "To The Drum Of The Sea" published in 2004 by an outfit called "Bandleader Publications", 24 Old Furzebrook Road, Stoborough, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5DD, England. Email:...
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