[NSP] NSP Loud drones

[Ina . Gilchrist]

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 assuming your drone reeds are set and balanced properly, I suggest the 
following.o:p/o:p

The next time you have a big mac, get some drinking straws, slit one lengthwise 
and fit a section down into the standing part of the drone. I would not use 
wool, the fibres cause turbulence in the air passing through. The drinking 
straw trick cleanly reduces the dimension of the bore after the drone. This 
means that the acoustic energy propagates symmetrically down through a smaller 
volume of air. Any spiral turbulence in the air (depending on the maker !) will 
be moving more quickly and will therefore be more stable. My experience is that 
this seems to quieten down the drone without changing the acoustic behaviour 
characteristics of the drone reed itself. There are of course, many other 
problems why drones are loud, which can be fettled in different ways according 
to your playing experience. To be continued o:p/o:p

o:p /o:p

Yours ayeo:p/o:p

Ina o:p/o:p

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[NSP] Re: Loud Drones

[Julia . Say]

On 10 Nov 2007, Mike and Enid Walton wrote: 

I was eagerly
 awaiting a flurry of responses as I also have the same problem. 

I had considered suggesting that the problem might be a quiet chanter
reed rather than loud drones, if the drones are balanced with each 
other.  As others have said, difficult to tell without hearing them.
Compare with other sets in the area before adjusting anything?
Try a different chanter reed? Maybe yours has gone hard

Lots of possibilities, I'm afraid.

HTH
Julia



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