On 10 April Bill Telfer wrote:
The only thing to look out for is that vibrations from wheeling can
cause
reeds to become dislodged.
Hello Bill
..and the rest.
According to David Hillery, Tom Clough would always place his pipes
case across his knees whenever they travelled with him (even on long
train journeys). Luggage racks and, especially, car boots were no-goes.
A tip from Colin Ross has served me well down the years - use Edam
cheese wax or similar. Here's what I do:
1. Take about five square centimetres of the red wax and emusify the
oils and other crud with neat washing up liquid rubbed in firmly
with thumb & forefinger
2. Wash thoroughly in warm water and allow to dry
3. For a chanter reed take enough wax and roll it to form a small
sausage about 20mm x 3mm (scale this down for drone reeds)
4. Firmly press the sausage around the reed staple at the top of the
chanter and it should make a sloped shoulder with a flat surface on
the edge of the chanter top
This has kept my reeds secure in over 70 000 miles of pipes travel and
the flat on the wax surface helps to re-position the reed accurately if
it is removed for bore-cleaning etc. The wax isteself can of course be
removed easily at will.
As aye
Anthony
P.S. My Samsonite wheelie cabin trolley is a brilliant piece of kit. It
can take three sets of pipes and has a zipped membrane right across the
upper shell which holds enough personal kit for a weekend away.
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