Been awhile since you made this video, but just now I was fascinated. Great to see all the parts and pieces that make these creatures function and even better with this set that has so many interesting "issues". You're turning me in to a a real nerd and happily so.
It was the other yellow thing in the thumbnail that got my attention. :D That chanter sounds like a wild horse. Once it's tamed it will be an amazing ride. lol
Really enjoying your channel. Looking forward to the next video on the Taylor Brothers pipes. The old Rowsome boxwood set sounds amazing !! Love the new regs on them.
What about cocobolo wood. I have a beautiful practice set that has that as the wood used in the melody chanter Speaking of different tuning, some of my reeds will case the chanter to play in d sharp.
I love cocobolo! Beautiful wood, smells great. A lot of makers won’t touch it though as it’s highly toxic and I know a few who are allergic to it. Never owned any sets made in it sadly. Maybe the next one🙈
@@sionrouse I bought a practice set that was made from it. its my favorite chanter now that I use. It was an inexpensive priced practice set and so i thought that, if the chanter was out of tune, I could just substitute it with an in tune chanter that I owned, as I was looking for an inexpensive set that I could use with the chanter i already owned. But, it was in tune, came with three embellishment buttons on the chanter. I noticed a brighter sound that it produced and the second octave was much easier to hit. Overall, it didnt seem to take as much pressure to achieve its notes. My only problem with the set is the bellows, as the padding that it has rests against the nerve in my arm and can poke into it. I'm tempted to take the padding off on that side only and play that way. Besides that, it sounds great, both with the dry reed, and when I take it out and play with a synthetic.
Glad to hear it. Yeah experiment with the bellows, see what suits you. I’m happy with how my bellows are now but always happy to try new methods. And great that the chanter is going well too
@@sionrouse I've braced my forearm against solids before and there is no trouble, so, I'll keep the padding to go against my side waist. It's really cool to have a portable chanter to play and have a set to play.
Hah!! My Glen set has a top loading chanter stock. I’m working on a video for that one too I’ll have to do when I get more research done. There’s not a lot out there on his uilleann pipes but plenty on GHB.
