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[Roddy Livingstone]

Hi all,

there was a brief technical issue over the weekend with the Piobaireachd Society’s website- now all fixed!

Roddy...

[Roddy Livingstone]

George Alexander (London & later Isle of Wight) manufactured chanters out of a substance which I think was called ‘ebonite’ and was certainly...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Ahhhh! If only instrument grade cocuswood were available today I’d be straight down to Naill’s at Minehead getting Martin to turn me a modern...

[Roddy Livingstone]

According to Martin at Naill &Co the latest version of their chanter is designed to comfortably pitch between 478 and 482. My own experience reflects...

[Roddy Livingstone]

If you are really happy with the Naill , then get another Naill! You don’t say what vintage your current Naill chanter is but I can personally recommend...

[Roddy Livingstone]

I have a copy of the Robertson/ Seton edition somewhere but can’t lay my hand on it immediately. To the best of my recollection, the differences...

[Roddy Livingstone]

A few thoughts here:

• a truly great vintage set is a joy to play and difficult to surpass
• there are a lot of ‘not truly great’ vintage

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[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Info on MacPherson pipers

Barry,

Two sources immediately spring to mind. Firstly, Angus MacPherson’s autobiography “A...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Drone reeds for 3/4?

Contact any reputable reedmaker but my first ‘port of call’ would probably be Ronnie McShannon and Finlay Johnston...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Unknown Chanter Reeds

McIntosh & Henderson? (Partnership of Jimmy MacIntosh and Murray & Patricia Henderson which, if I remember...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Canmore hybrid

Coincidentally, the postman just delivered a new Canmore hybrid medium size about an hour ago!

I switched...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Tunes from the 2nd World War

Here are a few more off the top of my head.

The Heroes of St Valery
The Heights...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2020



The introduction to the Kilberry Book is one of the most important, informative...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Big problem with Canmore Hybrid



I also experienced slight moisture issues affecting only the outside tenor (using Ezees...

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: How far will you travel for a gig?



That would be Iain Lawther - I had preceded him by a few months flying to Turkey...