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... the choice of wood does indeed have a definite and predictable influence on tone, although we are ... guess is that, both with recorders and organ pipes, the material is about 10% of the total tonal ... a flute or the fipple of a whistle. The "chiff" of a whistle might almost be a fortuitous ...

... it's got me worried. D'ye think other sets of pipes could be cursed? The thing is, I've got this ... can never get them in tune anyway. My friends and neighbors, especially the neighbors, keep their ... so I wouldn't want to bring bad luck to the Chiff forum and all you good people. So burning ...

... even though I started paying attention to the pipes at about the same time as you and have noticed the same things that you have. Back then, ... have changed though. Uilleannobsession and here on the Chiff and even Uilleannforum for example used to be very ...

... I first started paying attention to uilleann pipes about 15 years ago, in my late teens. I couldn't afford pipes then, and it was several years before I managed a Daye half ... on the unsuspecting new piper (happily I found Chiff and Fipple before I succumbed!) Now, though there ...

... guitarists spend their time between fitting in and doing their own thing...accompaniment or lead...just ... so not so focused. I don't even know what a Chiff is but it sounds like someone's name. As Irish ... in Ireland (?) except the very early Wicklow pipes (pan possibly) and Mayophone (reed ...

... are narrow-bore (I think slightly conical) flutes used in Bavarian and Austrian (also Swiss) traditional music, especially in the "Salzkammergut" ... were made of bone at some point) and the word was also used for tabor pipes and I think 6-hole whistles. Nowadays it is only used for transverse ...

... from McNeela Music in Dublin who are I understand are the sole agent for Murray flutes The flute ... hadn’t got my flute back from Sam. From the Chiff & Fipple thread - Sam Murray and flute ... I’ve sent and received flutes, and parts of pipes to Chris Wilkes, Dave Williams R.I.P., and ...

... pancelticpiper's video of is an good example. Chiff, or articulation, is 'noise' in the attack ... pipe speech can be varied with key pressure and speed, but not all tracker organs (or organists) ... I've always used. The voicer, whether organ pipes or whistles, can control 'chiff' or articulation ...

... even mean?, especially when we consider that, around here in Chiffland especially, "flute" often means something other than the modern ... that I didn't have to be in costume! Anyhow various sets of Highland pipes have inherently different volume levels, and the same set of Highland ...

... is that whistles with entirely different timbres both from each other and from flutes will be thus described. True that! But also consider: what ... tone. From what I can tell what they really are talking about is pipes that are louder. I didn't think there was any volume control on those ...

... is that whistles with entirely different timbres both from each other and from flutes will be thus described. I think it's a tad more specific ... tone. From what I can tell what they really are talking about is pipes that are louder. There's really three elements, when you break it down: ...

Chiff is nothing more than the "non-musical or disorganised ... guessed it, figured I would ask the experts here. And that organ is super awesome, I need to send that to him! He makes glass pipes, this is his famous one: https://youtu.be/jAi6yDxXWl0

... all, I have been informed of this thread and initially asked Jason, the moderator, to post ... made against me personally and also against vPipes by an anonymous forum member. I have addressed ... comes to vPipes side of things I never joined Chiff &Fipple and have never followed it or ...

4: Politics and religion We’ve tried. It hasn’t worked here on the ... in an external forum which is pretty much for Chiff & Fipple folks who want to talk politics and ... than switch to flute (far more wind resistant) or pipes (completely wind-resistant).

... different, I think most who use "chiff" would think it means breathiness. Whistles are not organ pipes (most organ pipes have no opening at the end so ... ocarinas, which have more chiff than a whistle, and most whistles have not much noticeable chiff in the ...