uilleann pipes plan

John Mulhern · Post by **John Mulhern** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:44 am

Joseph, please stop now. Uilliam does post some useful information from time to time, and has been helpful in answering some of my questions in the past. I'm sorry that he seems to have taken the bit on this topic, but let's not egg him on any further. He's clearly taking us far too seriously. Slalom ... I mean, Salami .... er, Shalom.

djm

May I second that? Bill & I may have our differences on some issues,

...but he's a highly knowledgable piper, and a valuable contributor to the knowledge base of this forum. FWIW, I like the Garvin book too, and recommended it to Patrice when he posted the same question on Googles
rmmb.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:57 am

John Mulhern wrote:....FWIW, I like the Garvin book too, and recommended it to Patrice when he posted the same question on Googles
rmmb.

Do they fight over there like we do ??

Douglas · Post by **Douglas** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:25 am

Can we keep the original topic going? When Patrice posted this question I decided to keep checking on this one.

I have been very interested in this subject and have considered purchasing the Ginsburg plans for quite some time know, but I would like to have All of the chanter bore dimensions. Are there other good sources besides what has been mentioned.

I know, If you have a really good set of pipes you can measure those. But you want to start with measurements of a Really good set.

Thanks

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:17 am

Yeesh! Well, half the time I can't understand a bloody thing ulliam writes anyway! It's like dual-personalities...one minute pretty good english - the next, some weird ultra-brouge that doesn't make much sense at all. I can't tell if he's helping, swearing, or doing Andean throat singing!

Yeah, it's a jab - meant in good fun. Treat it as such.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:30 am

With no standard for Irish pipes as regards to tuning, chanter design, etc, many people out there are happy with different results. It's not surprising that people would try to build the Garvin set since there are not many other instructions out there.

Some people are disappointed with the Garvin book since it leaves out the complexity but it is a good starting point. Alain Froment spent 360 hours making a C set recently. Try and get that into a book or set of pages of instructions.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:54 am

John Mulhern wrote:

"May I second that? Bill & I may have our differences on some issues, ...but he's a highly knowledgable piper, and a valuable contributor to the knowledge base of this forum"

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...Can do. I also have the Garvin book, and have found it to be very informative and enlightening. Back in 1985, when I was bitten by the bug, there was no internet available to seek out and purchase a set of UPs. So I went to the main library in St. Paul Minnesota to read up on them and to my delight and surprise found Garvin's book. Inspired, I went out the next day and purchased a bunch of good rosewood to have a go at making my own chanter....but reality set in when I discovered the mountain of gear I would need to construct it, and put the rosewood aside for a time when I would have the tools. I still have the rosewood, but still no tools... someday...

Uilliam, my appologies again. I am usually very easy going, but for reasons known only to my psychiatrist and spirit guides, I experienced a momentary 'backslide'.

lemonsquash · Post by **lemonsquash** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:13 pm

Because the issue has been raised more than once, I thought I might point out that the language Uilliam is using in his posts is not some freakish contrivance of his own or an attempt to be cryptic or pretentious. It is a phonetically accurate representation of dialect speech and has plenty of precedent in literature--in Uilliam's case, the entire catalog of Robert Burns' poetry and song. Stick your head in a few books before you mouth off.

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:42 pm

Riiiight.

Re-read the post if you don't mind. :roll:

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:57 pm

Listen...

It should be easy to understand why The Horse Whisperers of uilleann piping seldom visit this board.

John Mulhern · Post by **John Mulhern** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:22 pm

Do they fight over there like we do ??

Well, they would if the dang NG troll over there would let 'em get a word in edgewise & have a good fight.

John Mulhern · Post by **John Mulhern** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:53 pm

Douglas, Bruce Childresses chanter dimensional data:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ht=#138038

lemonsquash · Post by **lemonsquash** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:21 pm

Reread the post? Is that kind of like when Don Rickles apologizes at the end of his act?

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:03 pm

Brian Lee wrote:Yeah, it's a jab - meant in good fun. Treat it as such.

No just a highly obvious disclaimer. (quoted again for those who don't like to re-read things) ((Yep, this is another intentional jab, get over yourself.

))

lemonsquash · Post by **lemonsquash** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:29 pm

Oh, sorry, I get it now..."jab' is an acronym for "joke, absent badinage". My mistake. And I promise to work on not taking language and knowledge so seriously.

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:24 am

Lorenzo wrote:Listen...

It should be easy to understand why The Horse Whisperers of uilleann piping seldom visit this board.

Oh yes they do, They just hide behind made up funny names so you can insult them without realising it.

All the best

Patsy