MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed

jonnyives · 04-12-2012, 10:03 PM

I don't know, I just have to say it.

I put a Gilmour reed in my MacCallum band chanter and BAM ! What a combo. It sounds just cracking. I've got all me other chanters put away for now.

Maybe I have not played enough other chanters, but the Mc, I think it's a peach !

Patrick McLaurin · 04-12-2012, 11:40 PM

Gilmour's are great reeds. You'll find Husk reeds work great in the Mc's as well.

Randy McIntosh · 04-15-2012, 05:57 PM

Yes Gilmour's are great reeds when there on but I have found over the years quality to be spotty!

jpipe · 04-15-2012, 06:10 PM

Our band uses Warnock, and sometimes McPhee. I just picked up some Husk reeds for my blackwood Henderson (new version) chanter, plugged one into the McCallum and it sounded very sweet. Otherwise, Warnock reeds seem to be a good match as well.

el gaitero · 04-16-2012, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick McLaurin

Gilmour's are great reeds. You'll find Husk reeds work great in the Mc's as well.

...wait 'til you try an 'easy-medium' Chesney reed from Terry Tully.

Patrick McLaurin · 04-16-2012, 12:23 PM

I have no desire to play a ridge cut reed. I'm not racist, but I'm definitely a reedist.

jonnyives · 04-17-2012, 10:40 PM

I started with ridge cuts and am moving on to straight cuts... I find them so much easier to break in and adjust in medium strength.

Bushido · 04-18-2012, 07:57 AM

Our band uses this combo, and my experiences are so so... The sound is great and the scale is true, if you manage to fins a reed that works spot on... Some do, some don't. I myself has found the gilmour reeds to double tone on high a quite often giving one tone at one preassure, then another "step up" at just s lightly increased preassure. Not like an overblow at all, they simply change between two given intervalls at the slightest change in preassure. don't know why this is, could be bad reeds or something else. But I'd say at least three out of five gilmour reeds have acted this way in ouy McC chanters...

Patrick McLaurin · 04-18-2012, 08:39 AM

I have never had that experience with Gilmour reeds. But, I don't play them in McCallum chanters.

Shawn Husk · 04-18-2012, 08:45 AM

Bushido, the McCallum chanter has a threaded reed seat. Make sure you have the reed hemped up well and that is it making full contact with the seat, that should help.

Shawn

04-12-2012, 10:03 PM	#1
jonnyives Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Earth Posts: 42	MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed I don't know, I just have to say it. I put a Gilmour reed in my MacCallum band chanter and BAM ! What a combo. It sounds just cracking. I've got all me other chanters put away for now. Maybe I have not played enough other chanters, but the Mc, I think it's a peach !

04-12-2012, 11:40 PM	#2
Patrick McLaurin Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 3,491	Gilmour's are great reeds. You'll find Husk reeds work great in the Mc's as well. __________________ Piping Blog - Homepage - Pekaar's Tune Encyclopedia - Convert BMW to ABC

04-15-2012, 05:57 PM	#3
Randy McIntosh Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 2,878	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed Yes Gilmour's are great reeds when there on but I have found over the years quality to be spotty! __________________ Randy

04-15-2012, 06:10 PM	#4
jpipe Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 68	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed Our band uses Warnock, and sometimes McPhee. I just picked up some Husk reeds for my blackwood Henderson (new version) chanter, plugged one into the McCallum and it sounded very sweet. Otherwise, Warnock reeds seem to be a good match as well.

04-16-2012, 12:23 PM	#6
Patrick McLaurin Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 3,491	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed I have no desire to play a ridge cut reed. I'm not racist, but I'm definitely a reedist. __________________ Piping Blog - Homepage - Pekaar's Tune Encyclopedia - Convert BMW to ABC

04-17-2012, 10:40 PM	#7
jonnyives Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Earth Posts: 42	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed I started with ridge cuts and am moving on to straight cuts... I find them so much easier to break in and adjust in medium strength.

04-18-2012, 07:57 AM	#8
Bushido Forum Clasp Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 785	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed Our band uses this combo, and my experiences are so so... The sound is great and the scale is true, if you manage to fins a reed that works spot on... Some do, some don't. I myself has found the gilmour reeds to double tone on high a quite often giving one tone at one preassure, then another "step up" at just s lightly increased preassure. Not like an overblow at all, they simply change between two given intervalls at the slightest change in preassure. don't know why this is, could be bad reeds or something else. But I'd say at least three out of five gilmour reeds have acted this way in ouy McC chanters... __________________ Hear, hear, the pipes are calling!

04-18-2012, 08:39 AM	#9
Patrick McLaurin Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 3,491	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed I have never had that experience with Gilmour reeds. But, I don't play them in McCallum chanters. __________________ Piping Blog - Homepage - Pekaar's Tune Encyclopedia - Convert BMW to ABC

04-18-2012, 08:45 AM	#10
Shawn Husk Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Champion, Ohio Posts: 4,897	Re: MacCallum band chanter and Gilmour reed Bushido, the McCallum chanter has a threaded reed seat. Make sure you have the reed hemped up well and that is it making full contact with the seat, that should help. Shawn __________________ Get in the circle! www.huskreeds.com