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by Byll
Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Low Impact Low D
Replies: 28
Views: 8433

Re: Low Impact Low D

... available. The standard mouthpiece is called 'balanced', one is called 'Reed,' and one is called 'Chiff.' The balanced mouthpiece plays and sounds like many other low Ds, and it makes the instrument ...
by FlaminGalah
Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Are pipemakers dwindling again?
Replies: 14
Views: 4529

Are pipemakers dwindling again?

... wait times posted, lots of other merchants selling supporting things (reed cane, etc), and lots of chat and websites with information about uilleann ... sites - to capitalize on the unsuspecting new piper (happily I found Chiff and Fipple before I succumbed!) Now, though there are undoubtedly more ...
by GreenWood
Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:34 pm
Forum: Traditional String Instruments
Topic: Where do people go to talk strings?
Replies: 23
Views: 53143

Re: Where do people go to talk strings?

... recorders and so on, so not so focused. I don't even know what a Chiff is but it sounds like someone's name. As Irish flute is more popular ... (?) except the very early Wicklow pipes (pan possibly) and Mayophone (reed 700 AD) both of Yew... and so I'm thinking feadan written in texts might ...
by RenaissanceGuy
Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Looking for a practice set or a half set
Replies: 10
Views: 5032

Re: Looking for a practice set or a half set

... can keep an eye on the Used Instruments Exchange forum right here at Chiff and Fipple: http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewforum.php?f=35 There's ... chanter: https://www.kmbagpipes.com/3D.html The chanter including reed and top are £ 255. Google says that converts to $329.78 at the moment. ...
by piperjoe
Wed May 23, 2018 3:47 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Terminology questions
Replies: 26
Views: 10736

Re: Terminology questions

... and that some recorder player who learned whistle then applied to whistle. That's my theory ... a note is a bad thing, usually caused by a bad reed. I first heard the term, I'm in the US of A, ... like you, never whistles until I joined the Chiff and Fipple community. Fun discussion though. ...
by David Lim
Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:31 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: Manchester Tionól March 25th
Replies: 0
Views: 1564

Manchester Tionól March 25th

Hi Chiff and Fipple Uilleann Pipers, We are running a Tionól in Manchester with Calum Stewart ... Stewart. 10.30-11.30 - Using staccato and tonal variation with David Lim 10.30 - 15.00 Reed Making with Sean Jones 12.00 - 13.00 Try the pipes with Jim Horan 12.00-13.00 - Intermediate ...
by medieval piper
Thu Jun 09, 2016 1:02 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: FS: James Wenham D Chanter
Replies: 5
Views: 3528

Re: FS: James Wenham D Chanter

... This is a near mint condition Wenham chanter with a good working reed. Email me for pictures or a uestions: Medievalpiper@yahoo.com Or, call/text for a quicker response: 305 746 8548 I have not been on chiff very often. However, I have a 100% positive rating on Banjo Hangout. Terms ...
by Latticino
Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:11 am
Forum: Free Reed Instruments: Squeezeboxes and Harmonicas.
Topic: Advice for new player
Replies: 3
Views: 6499

Re: Advice for new player

... Mid range hybrid concertinas (concertina construction with accordion reeds) are certainly also around, but some find the accordion reed sound ... Check Concertina.net for lots of great info (the Chiff and Fipple of the concertina world).
by pancelticpiper
Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:43 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: The most repeated question on the Chiff and Fipple
Replies: 41
Views: 12405

Re: The most repeated question on the Chiff and Fipple

he puts a paper tube at the end attached with rubber bands. When the whistle starts to get too sharp he can extend the paper tube to bring it ... flatter and sharper on each hole. This is necessary due to each reed having a unique built-in scale, and also certain notes of the scale ...
by AODYO
Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:28 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO

... mouthpiece leading to quite different habits compared to acoustic irish whistle for example. Regarding the reed mouthpiece, we still have to work on this to achieve similar results to the one we got ...
by oleorezinator
Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:45 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO

... similar to their preferred acoustic wind instrument. Having played saxophone, flute, clarinet, recorder and a number of rennaissance period double reed and wind cap instruments, one must ALWAYS adapt the blowing technique. The Lyricon, Akai and Yamaha all have breath velocity sensors. The standard ...
by AODYO
Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:50 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO

... to wind playing) but we also added a connection to allow future active mouthpiece to be used alternatively to the current mouthpiece providing reed control technics for example. One other point is to provide Wireless MIDI connexion. No cable to prevent you from moving around while playing the ...
by oleorezinator
Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:59 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: CP: Chiff and Fipple newcomer - AODYO

... came out in the mid 80's. Here's a Yamaha controlling a minimoog. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MoA9QL35W0A Both the Lyricon and Yamaha had a reed that could bend the pitch or be played with just the breath.
by mukade
Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:03 am
Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
Topic: WTB: B chanter
Replies: 3
Views: 1749

Re: WTB: B chanter

... and drones etc.) It's a Kennedy B in ebony with boxwood mounts. The reed cap was made by David Boisvert. It was owned by Chiff's ex-moderator, Joe Smith. You can probably see some pictures floating around on the ...
by fiddlerwill
Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:34 am
Forum: Non-Uilleann Piping
Topic: French cornemuse in G questions .
Replies: 0
Views: 2830

French cornemuse in G questions .

hi id like to question the combined wisdom of the chiff brain bank :-) as regards all info i can get on this chanter and the standard ... what ways? cheers I know nothing on this yoke so any links would be great! reed design?