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Hello John Interesting stuff but perhaps it should be pointed out that reed cane (Arundo Donax) is a much slower growing relative of Bamboo (max 5cm per day at its peak compared to Bamboo's 60cm). Also, the variations observed are radial rather than longitudinal i.e. in slips which are equidistant from the nodes, so that's why the south/north suggestion arose. As aye Anthony --- On Fri, 9/7/10, bri...@aol.com bri...@aol.com wrote: From: bri...@aol.com bri...@aol.com Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 20:12 In Trinidad there is a tradition to only cut bamboo on Dark nights', otherwise it will quickly be destroyed by insects. Research shows that more photosynthesis occurs when the moon is shining so that there is a greater accumulation of starch ( a favourite food of insects) when the moon is shining. I think that the timing for cutting the bamboo will affact the density more than any differnce between North and south sides. The cane closest to the nodes will be harder and denser than material taken from between the nodes. On a lighter note I once met a Bamboo specialist who found that it was difficult to construct structures with round bamboo. so he made some steel moulrs and grew the bamboo through these to produce square sectioned bamboo. It worked but was not a commercial success. For more technical information there is a May 1980 book Bamboo Research in Asia published by the IDRC in Ottawa John Bridges -Original Message- From: Gibbons, John [1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk To: [2]...@cs.dartmouth.edu [3]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 9:21 am Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds Anthony's comments about adjacent slips from the same piece of cane made me onder if the north and south side of the cane would be of differing elasticity r density?? Variation with height is clearer, of course. John -Original Message- rom: [4]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[5]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of rancis Wood ent: 09 July 2010 14:00 o: Anthony Robb c: Dartmouth NPS; [6]neihutch...@yahoo.com ubject: [NSP] Re: Reeds n 9 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Anthony Robb wrote: I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike Nelson's methods give by far the best results. Hello again . . . yes, you're right. I certainly should have included Mike's ages at: [7]http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/reeds.htm#chanter I agree too that there are so many variables in all of this. Samples of cane rom the same batch and even the same stem can differ greatly, the density and ardness depending on the height the piece is cut from. Incidentally I made a surprisingly good reed from a Coke can a month or so ago. urther attempts demonstrated that even Coke cans vary a lot. Cheers, rancis o get on or off this list see list information at ttp://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- To get on or off this list see list information at [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk 2. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=...@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=...@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 5. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 6. http://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=neihutch...@yahoo.com 7. http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/reeds.htm#chanter 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Neil, I feel a bit guilty about this. My regular piping class participants snapped up the first dozen or so. In fact one of them got one of them working at Billy Pigg type tone and pitch but as we play at A = 446 Hz it wasn't a runner as far as lessons were concerned. I have one or two that I'd be happy to send if you send me your address. Perhaps other would be recipients could post their addresses on the list for other reed makers to respond to in turn? As aye Anthony --- On Fri, 9/7/10, neihutch...@yahoo.com neihutch...@yahoo.com wrote: From: neihutch...@yahoo.com neihutch...@yahoo.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 2:59 I posted a question about reeds a while back and got some great answers. Anthony Robb suggested that perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with?. Does anyone out there have any such reeds available? I'd like to try my hand at reed making in the not too distant future and would be grateful for any wonky reeds that anyone could send me to have a go scraping, trimming etc. I'm in Australia - Neil --- On Fri, 19/3/10, Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote: From: Anthony Robb [2]anth...@robbpipes.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS [3]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Received: Friday, 19 March, 2010, 7:02 AM Francis wood wrote: Unwelcome squeaking can arise from many causes (including mice in the bag, though I'm not qualified to advise on a solution to that one) and it takes a good amount of experience to determine what is really wrong. What should an isolated beginner do in such circumstances? Hello Francis, I know the feeling. 6 months after getting my set from Bill Hedworth I found myself alone in the Birmingham area (Sutton Coldfield) and stuck for any adivice on reeds. There were no professional makers whatsoever in those days but I'd made contact with Bob Reid who posted me 6 chanter reeds (I think about a quid each) and I set to work wrecking them and getting to know what not to do! At that time Finbar Furey lived in Coventry and we got together a few times and he made me a copy of one of Bob's reeds but the Irish seem to go for softer cane which didn't really have the tone I wanted. No amount of watching or getting advice can match first-hand tweaking and after getting through about -L-120 worth of reeds at today's money I had learned a lot and was reasonably proficient and setting reeds (thank you Colin Ross!) to suit my pipes. When I came to make my own first reed (used in her F set by Carole on Cut Dry Dolly) I didn't have a gouge so made the slip by patiently sanding from the flat cane on sandpaper drawing-pinned to a bit of broom-shank (not recommended but showed tenacity)! These days I snap lifeless reeds to stop me wasting time on them. Perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with? As aye Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://uk.mc5.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=anth...@robbpipes.com 2. http://uk.mc5.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=anth...@robbpipes.com 3. http://uk.mc5.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=...@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Hello Anthony, I hesitate to disagree here since your suggestion is made in a spirit of generosity. However, I'm not sure it's best to suggest using inferior reeds as an aid to learning. Reeds that function very well carry a great deal of information. Poor reeds do not. An expert reed-maker may perhaps be able to take reeds that aren't really there and improve them. A beginner is likely to make them a lot worse without really understanding why. There are plenty of resources available for anyone who wants to learn about all this. Good reeds are obtainable and even though they will differ remarkably from maker to maker they are all in themselves instructive. Well-written and clear information is to be found from several sources. There's Colin's reed-making book and Richard and Anita Evans's web pages: http://www.evansbagpipes.co.uk/pipes/reedmake/chant.htm With a good reed in hand as an example, together with any of the available instructions, and with the advantage of a robust frustration-tolerance threshold, anyone can make a bunch of reeds. At the beginning, most will be awful and one or two may be not really there. With a lot of luck, there may even be a good one. This is similar to the 'infinite number of monkeys infinite supply of reed-cane' approach though with much better chance of success. I can't see why it shouldn't work. Best wishes, Francis On 9 Jul 2010, at 09:58, Anthony Robb wrote: Neil, I feel a bit guilty about this. My regular piping class participants snapped up the first dozen or so. In fact one of them got one of them working at Billy Pigg type tone and pitch but as we play at A = 446 Hz it wasn't a runner as far as lessons were concerned. I have one or two that I'd be happy to send if you send me your address. Perhaps other would be recipients could post their addresses on the list for other reed makers to respond to in turn? As aye Anthony --- On Fri, 9/7/10, neihutch...@yahoo.com neihutch...@yahoo.com wrote: From: neihutch...@yahoo.com neihutch...@yahoo.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 2:59 I posted a question about reeds a while back and got some great answers. Anthony Robb suggested that perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with?. Does anyone out there have any such reeds available? I'd like to try my hand at reed making in the not too distant future and would be grateful for any wonky reeds that anyone could send me to have a go scraping, trimming etc. I'm in Australia - Neil --- On Fri, 19/3/10, Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote: From: Anthony Robb [2]anth...@robbpipes.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS [3]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Received: Friday, 19 March, 2010, 7:02 AM Francis wood wrote: Unwelcome squeaking can arise from many causes (including mice in the bag, though I'm not qualified to advise on a solution to that one) and it takes a good amount of experience to determine what is really wrong. What should an isolated beginner do in such circumstances? Hello Francis, I know the feeling. 6 months after getting my set from Bill Hedworth I found myself alone in the Birmingham area (Sutton Coldfield) and stuck for any adivice on reeds. There were no professional makers whatsoever in those days but I'd made contact with Bob Reid who posted me 6 chanter reeds (I think about a quid each) and I set to work wrecking them and getting to know what not to do! At that time Finbar Furey lived in Coventry and we got together a few times and he made me a copy of one of Bob's reeds but the Irish seem to go for softer cane which didn't really have the tone I wanted. No amount of watching or getting advice can match first-hand tweaking and after getting through about -L-120 worth of reeds at today's money I had learned a lot and was reasonably proficient and setting reeds (thank you Colin Ross!) to suit my pipes. When I came to make my own first reed (used in her F set by Carole on Cut Dry Dolly) I didn't have a gouge so made the slip by patiently sanding from the flat cane on sandpaper drawing-pinned to a bit of broom-shank (not recommended but showed tenacity)! These days I snap lifeless reeds to stop me wasting time on them. Perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with? As aye Anthony
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On 9 Jul 2010, at 10:48, Francis Wood wrote: There's Colin's reed-making book and Richard and Anita Evans's web pages: . . . . . and of course Steve Douglass's videos on Youtube in which Colin Ross teaches chanter reed making. It's excellent stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYQ82P6GZE There's a HD version of this also on YouTube which I can't immediately find. Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Some truth in what you say Francis but I did point out initially that my offer came as a direct result of buying 6 reeds in bulk from Bob Reid in 1970. 4 of them weren't really there but trying to improve them did teach me a lot! I wouldn't dream of passing on reeds that were totally useless and held no possibility of instruction/improvement. I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike Nelson's methods give by far the best results. I make reeds in batches of 15 and find at least 3 of these will give a very good tone (kept in the main for Windy Gyle Band pipes) 7 will be suitable for sale (certainly a match for those available generally) and 5 will be good learning fodder. The problem is that even with a tried and tested cane source (I have had success with 4 types; Australian, Cogolin, Madame Geiss and Pisoli) there are factors beyond our knowledge at play and reeds made to 0.05mm consistency from adjacent slips from the same tube differ widely in their response and tone. Furthermore, a good reed in one set of pipes may be lifeless in another. I'm trying to offer a quick way in to those who want to learn about reed adjustment before they move on to reed making so the offer still holds. Cheers Anthony 9/7/10, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote: From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu, neihutch...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 10:48 Hello Anthony, I hesitate to disagree here since your suggestion is made in a spirit of generosity. However, I'm not sure it's best to suggest using inferior reeds as an aid to learning. Reeds that function very well carry a great deal of information. Poor reeds do not. An expert reed-maker may perhaps be able to take reeds that aren't really there and improve them. A beginner is likely to make them a lot worse without really understanding why. There are plenty of resources available for anyone who wants to learn about all this. Good reeds are obtainable and even though they will differ remarkably from maker to maker they are all in themselves instructive. Well-written and clear information is to be found from several sources. There's Colin's reed-making book and Richard and Anita Evans's web pages: [1]http://www.evansbagpipes.co.uk/pipes/reedmake/chant.htm With a good reed in hand as an example, together with any of the available instructions, and with the advantage of a robust frustration-tolerance threshold, anyone can make a bunch of reeds. At the beginning, most will be awful and one or two may be not really there. With a lot of luck, there may even be a good one. This is similar to the 'infinite number of monkeys infinite supply of reed-cane' approach though with much better chance of success. I can't see why it shouldn't work. Best wishes, Francis On 9 Jul 2010, at 09:58, Anthony Robb wrote: Neil, I feel a bit guilty about this. My regular piping class participants snapped up the first dozen or so. In fact one of them got one of them working at Billy Pigg type tone and pitch but as we play at A = 446 Hz it wasn't a runner as far as lessons were concerned. I have one or two that I'd be happy to send if you send me your address. Perhaps other would be recipients could post their addresses on the list for other reed makers to respond to in turn? As aye Anthony --- On Fri, 9/7/10, [2]neihutch...@yahoo.com [3]neihutch...@yahoo.com wrote: From: [4]neihutch...@yahoo.com [5]neihutch...@yahoo.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS [6]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 2:59 I posted a question about reeds a while back and got some great answers. Anthony Robb suggested that perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with?. Does anyone out there have any such reeds available? I'd like to try my hand at reed making in the not too distant future and would be grateful for any wonky reeds that anyone could send me to have a go scraping, trimming etc. I'm in Australia - Neil --- On Fri, 19/3/10, Anthony Robb [1][7]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote: From: Anthony Robb [2][8]anth...@robbpipes.com Subject: [NSP] Reeds To: Dartmouth NPS [3][9]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Received: Friday, 19 March, 2010, 7:02 AM Francis wood wrote: Unwelcome squeaking can arise from many causes (including mice in the bag
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On 9 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Anthony Robb wrote: I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike Nelson's methods give by far the best results. Hello again . . . yes, you're right. I certainly should have included Mike's pages at: http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/reeds.htm#chanter I agree too that there are so many variables in all of this. Samples of cane from the same batch and even the same stem can differ greatly, the density and hardness depending on the height the piece is cut from. Incidentally I made a surprisingly good reed from a Coke can a month or so ago. Further attempts demonstrated that even Coke cans vary a lot. Cheers, Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Anthony's comments about adjacent slips from the same piece of cane made me wonder if the north and south side of the cane would be of differing elasticity or density?? Variation with height is clearer, of course. John -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Francis Wood Sent: 09 July 2010 14:00 To: Anthony Robb Cc: Dartmouth NPS; neihutch...@yahoo.com Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds On 9 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Anthony Robb wrote: I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike Nelson's methods give by far the best results. Hello again . . . yes, you're right. I certainly should have included Mike's pages at: http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/reeds.htm#chanter I agree too that there are so many variables in all of this. Samples of cane from the same batch and even the same stem can differ greatly, the density and hardness depending on the height the piece is cut from. Incidentally I made a surprisingly good reed from a Coke can a month or so ago. Further attempts demonstrated that even Coke cans vary a lot. Cheers, Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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In Trinidad there is a tradition to only cut bamboo on Dark nights', otherwise it will quickly be destroyed by insects. Research shows that more photosynthesis occurs when the moon is shining so that there is a greater accumulation of starch ( a favourite food of insects) when the moon is shining. I think that the timing for cutting the bamboo will affact the density more than any differnce between North and south sides. The cane closest to the nodes will be harder and denser than material taken from between the nodes. On a lighter note I once met a Bamboo specialist who found that it was difficult to construct structures with round bamboo. so he made some steel moulrs and grew the bamboo through these to produce square sectioned bamboo. It worked but was not a commercial success. For more technical information there is a May 1980 book Bamboo Research in Asia published by the IDRC in Ottawa John Bridges -Original Message- From: Gibbons, John j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 9:21 am Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds Anthony's comments about adjacent slips from the same piece of cane made me onder if the north and south side of the cane would be of differing elasticity r density?? Variation with height is clearer, of course. John -Original Message- rom: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of rancis Wood ent: 09 July 2010 14:00 o: Anthony Robb c: Dartmouth NPS; neihutch...@yahoo.com ubject: [NSP] Re: Reeds n 9 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Anthony Robb wrote: I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike Nelson's methods give by far the best results. Hello again . . . yes, you're right. I certainly should have included Mike's ages at: http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/reeds.htm#chanter I agree too that there are so many variables in all of this. Samples of cane rom the same batch and even the same stem can differ greatly, the density and ardness depending on the height the piece is cut from. Incidentally I made a surprisingly good reed from a Coke can a month or so ago. urther attempts demonstrated that even Coke cans vary a lot. Cheers, rancis o get on or off this list see list information at ttp://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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What a great idea indeed seems to be building momentum. I really enjoyed watching Andy May's demo at Halsway of making/scraping a reed. I suspect it's not quite as easy as he made it look :-) but as you say, it's a skill we all need. And fiddle tuning - while I was in a music shop some time ago a woman came in with a violin, and asked them to tune it. Apparently she'd been doing this once a week for ages! Best wishes, Richard. R. Evans wrote: For ten years or more I have been using second-grade chanter reeds (and spare chanters) in hands-on workshops for the Lowland and Borders Pipers Society. This allows people to practice adjusting reeds (and, indeed, simply learn to handle them properly) without any risk to their own pipes. The basics of reed adjustment and setting are pretty easy, but need to be learned like anything else. I think this sort of thing should be part of any piping instruction day/course and that players should be firmly encouraged in this direction. Not being able to do this, or recognise when it needs doing, would be like playing a fiddle without being able to tune it. Come to think of it, there are a few people in that position too! Cheers Richard -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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These days I snap lifeless reeds to stop me wasting time on them. Perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with? As aye Anthony What a brilliant idea! best wishes Daphne -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Daphne Briggs 34 Thorncliffe Road Oxford OX2 7BB Tel/Fax +44 (0)1865 310712
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Yes, interesting stuff and it does demonstrate what what enthusiasm and stickability was needed not so very long ago to get anywhere with pipe-playing and maintenance. Who in earlier days could have imagined posting enquiries and receiving valuable advice from international sources within an hour or so? The present availability of pipes must have been unimaginable as well as the current popularity of the instrument. Colin's reed-making videos shot by Steve Douglass and placed on YouTube are an extraordinary resource and just one example of the benefits of the Web. A demonstration is worth any amount of unsupported description. And on that subject, any future NSP Instruction book will be missing a huge opportunity if it doesn't point towards video examples showing in reality what static images and words can only suggest. Yes, the reed-bank should be set up immediately! All reeds classified as to their reed groups, and tea and biscuits for all donors. Interesting to hear a bit of background on the reeding on Cut Dry, a hugely important album. Any further info about the pipes used would be really great! Francis On 18 Mar 2010, at 20:02, Anthony Robb wrote: Hello Francis, I know the feeling. 6 months after getting my set from Bill Hedworth I found myself alone in the Birmingham area (Sutton Coldfield) and stuck for any adivice on reeds. There were no professional makers whatsoever in those days but I'd made contact with Bob Reid who posted me 6 chanter reeds (I think about a quid each) and I set to work wrecking them and getting to know what not to do! At that time Finbar Furey lived in Coventry and we got together a few times and he made me a copy of one of Bob's reeds but the Irish seem to go for softer cane which didn't really have the tone I wanted. No amount of watching or getting advice can match first-hand tweaking and after getting through about -L-120 worth of reeds at today's money I had learned a lot and was reasonably proficient and setting reeds (thank you Colin Ross!) to suit my pipes. When I came to make my own first reed (used in her F set by Carole on Cut Dry Dolly) I didn't have a gouge so made the slip by patiently sanding from the flat cane on sandpaper drawing-pinned to a bit of broom-shank (not recommended but showed tenacity)! These days I snap lifeless reeds to stop me wasting time on them. Perhaps we should start a free bank of working reeds that aren't really there for enthusiastic, would-be makers to mess around with? As aye Anthony To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Dear David, It is not that I am too busy to make reeds fro you it is just that I do not make reeds for other makers sets especially if they are still alive. I had to call a moritorium on reeding Burleigh pipes some years ago now because of the demand on my own reedmaking and pipemaking activities. Each pipemaker should have the responsibilty to supply reeds to their own make sets as I do for my own whether they were bought directly from me or not. My own reedmaking booklet was an attempt to help the reed situation to encourage folk to attempt to make their own reeds and I think that pipers need to at least try to make their own reeds as the situation is not getting any better as we all get older. Colin Ross -Original Message- From: DAVID KORALYNN BOISVERT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:17 Subject: [NSP] reeds Greetings, For some odd reason I've had the most difficult time getting ahold of reeds for my NSP's. Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Ross, the Evans family have all informed me they are far too busy to make reeds right now. I tried emailing Ms. Say a few times but there has been no reply. Is there anyone else capable of and/or willing to make some reeds for my 2 sets? I have 2 Burleigh 14 key sets that are in bad need of chanter and drone reeds. I've been suffering from traumatic hand injuries this last year and a half and cannot strain my hands making them myself. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated! All the best, David -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. --
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David, Try Mike Sharp in California http://www.sharpbagpipes.com/ Ian Lawther www.bagpipediscs.com DAVID KORALYNN BOISVERT wrote: Greetings, For some odd reason I've had the most difficult time getting ahold of reeds for my NSP's. Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Ross, the Evans family have all informed me they are far too busy to make reeds right now. I tried emailing Ms. Say a few times but there has been no reply. Is there anyone else capable of and/or willing to make some reeds for my 2 sets? I have 2 Burleigh 14 key sets that are in bad need of chanter and drone reeds. I've been suffering from traumatic hand injuries this last year and a half and cannot strain my hands making them myself. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated! All the best, David -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Well. if you are really desperate, Hobgoblin do sell them although you will have to adjust them for your own sets. £33 for chanter and £6.95 for each drone. I have never tried them so can't vouch for the quality. http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/bagpipeframeuk.htm but if you make your own, I'm sure you could manage. They only do all cane drones though. Colin Hill - Original Message - From: DAVID KORALYNN BOISVERT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:17 PM Subject: [NSP] reeds Greetings, For some odd reason I've had the most difficult time getting ahold of reeds for my NSP's. Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Ross, the Evans family have all informed me they are far too busy to make reeds right now. I tried emailing Ms. Say a few times but there has been no reply. Is there anyone else capable of and/or willing to make some reeds for my 2 sets? I have 2 Burleigh 14 key sets that are in bad need of chanter and drone reeds. I've been suffering from traumatic hand injuries this last year and a half and cannot strain my hands making them myself. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated! All the best, David -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
