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Reeds and Cold Weather The inquiring piper (IP) asking me ... When he plays in below freezing temperatures, he informs me that both his chanter reed and drone reeds shut ... reed, forcefully open the chanter reed and then use a bridle to close it back down, special drone reeds that are ...

... still looks unused. While preparing the set for sale recently, I found that the reeds all still sound, and the bag and bellows seem airtight. ... need some tweaking. I replaced a broken rubber bridle with thread, but I didn’t want to tweak the reeds ...

... sort of thing isn't likely to be described for reedmaking online, but is very likely to be ... can be shaped afterwards if needed) and that bridles are a bit trickier as the spruce doesn't ... what the bridle is trying to do, so make your reeds so they need very little opening or closing ...

... cousins to the uilleann pipers in a GHB forum is immoderate and inappropriate, sometimes ... current and when I make my synthetic chanter reeds for clients, I always ask what chanter they ... will use very small adjustments to the reed bridle in order to get the correct pitch so the ...

... the instrument. I bought a used set on the forums. The guy sent me a video of them playing ... reed, but in the process somehow messed up the bridle. So now its just loose and doing nothing, ... On the note of synthetic and non cane reeds. I love the concept of a synthetic reed. I ...

... it as fuzzy, muffled and quieter. I played it for a bit, then worked with the bridle moving it both up and down a little and got the expected ... very exciting of course, because now that I'm making reeds, I have hopes that I can reed this chanter with the ...

... 4mm od/ 5/32" Staple length 48mm or 50mm Bridle placement 5mm above binding Over all length 76mm If I was making reeds myself I would start with slip length of 100mm to allow for any trimming of head lips Head width 11 & 11.5mm Head ...

... the set to me would have on the chanter reed, so I had him tie up and bridle six, but with no scrape, reeds as part of the deal. This gave me six staples and six ´blanks´ ready to scrape. Predictably, ...

... these devices being used to set the lip gap in reeds and there seem to be two main reasons for wanting to do this. The lips of the reed have closed ... the uilleann and small pipe reeds we often use a metal bridle to adjust the lip gap. While the gap does affect ...

... roll off. If unsure a photo would be useful for further advice. Reeds can be supplied and they need to be of specific size ... (or similar) wire rather than a copper strip for the bridle. Am pleased to announce that I am now back in the ...

There isn't really a reason for the E to be 'the most difficult note', don't believe ... stuffy), does the reed have a wire or a copper bridle, is the reed seated properly in the chanter ... octave or nothing. I dont know enough about reeds to know what is causing this though. Its possible ...

... here. I've made a handful of successful spruce reeds for both concert and flat chanters. Not an expert by a long ... down, as spruce doesn't like to be squished by the bridle but I haven't actually personally found this to be ...

... a full bag, can you keep the chanter sounding for several seconds even without pumping the bellows ... too difficult to play? I know you've got two reeds you've tried, but it could be an issue regardless. Depending on the bridle, you can sometimes slide the bridle down the the ...

... you bring up the "Double F" issue. For non-Highland pipers the Double F is when the ... wet and swelling, and the cure is to put a bridle around the reed-box. He not only got reeds with terrible Double F's to play a true F#, he also ...

... set has what he calls "hybrid" drone reeds; tubular plastic bodies with a wood or cane ... tongue, bound to the body and using an o-ring for a bridle. I like the sound very well, and they are fairly ...