Advice, hummelchen or smallpipes ?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:07 am
Hello folks.
This is my first post.
I am a classically trained violinist, and I find myself in retirement getting interested in playing some traditional music, though I've played many fiddle tunes over the years. To that end I am looking at getting a set of pipes, tossing up between some smallpipes, or Hummelchen. I don't want to pay the earth to start with, but I'm grade 8 recorder player, can play flute and sax so I think, I hope, I can bypass forking out for a practice chanter as well. I will also be playing these at home, so don't want anything that requires a misty morning on the side of Loch Lomond. I have to consider hubby... and the other people who live in our village
Does anyone have any pointers as to best place to buy ? I'm in France, but prices seem, like with the violin market, very expensive. I found some makers in Germany, some helpful stuff on this site and prices seem reasonable https://www.dreiers-dudelsackbau.de/ins ... lchen.html I also found RT Shepherds in the UK, but I will get stung for customs and tax...
Any suggestiong would be welcome - it would be a first foray into seriously restricted keys, I saw that some hummelchen seem to have little plugs you stick in the drones that change the note. I also see that some hummelchen have baroque recorder fingering which would make life very easy, but I assume you can't overblow very easily to get more than around 1 octave. Some chromatic functionality would be useful. So, to sum up, I am an ignorant beginner and any suggestions or help would be very welcome.
Thanks
This is my first post.
I am a classically trained violinist, and I find myself in retirement getting interested in playing some traditional music, though I've played many fiddle tunes over the years. To that end I am looking at getting a set of pipes, tossing up between some smallpipes, or Hummelchen. I don't want to pay the earth to start with, but I'm grade 8 recorder player, can play flute and sax so I think, I hope, I can bypass forking out for a practice chanter as well. I will also be playing these at home, so don't want anything that requires a misty morning on the side of Loch Lomond. I have to consider hubby... and the other people who live in our village
Does anyone have any pointers as to best place to buy ? I'm in France, but prices seem, like with the violin market, very expensive. I found some makers in Germany, some helpful stuff on this site and prices seem reasonable https://www.dreiers-dudelsackbau.de/ins ... lchen.html I also found RT Shepherds in the UK, but I will get stung for customs and tax...
Any suggestiong would be welcome - it would be a first foray into seriously restricted keys, I saw that some hummelchen seem to have little plugs you stick in the drones that change the note. I also see that some hummelchen have baroque recorder fingering which would make life very easy, but I assume you can't overblow very easily to get more than around 1 octave. Some chromatic functionality would be useful. So, to sum up, I am an ignorant beginner and any suggestions or help would be very welcome.
Thanks