Hey All. I’m looking for some recommendations on backpack pipe cases. I’m trying to decide between an RG Hardie, Piper’s Choice, or a Strike. I’m leaning towards the Strike because the price point is significantly cheaper than the others but does that mean the quality of it is less? Just want to see what other Pipers are using and your experience
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Getting back into playing my pipes after a few years of a layoff but have noticed my cords are looking a bit dirty.
Has anyone successfully washed a set of cords? And if so any tips / tricks. Cheers!
Can anyone tell me where I can find the summary sheets from yesterday's All-Irelands?
I found these pipes listed for sale locally, and the seller does not appear to know anything about them. Could someone here please help me figure out who made them? And yes, they did only list one picture.
Hi folks,
I am in the process of learning and I inherited this set. No one has been able to tell me anything about it, including the person from whom they came and various people in the band I am learning from. I am wondering if it is possible for you all to identify? It's mounted in faux ivory and (I'm pretty sure) nickel. I checked the bass drone cord ring, the stocks and a bunch of other commonly suggested areas for a maker's mark and came up empty. Happy to provide any additional context or pictures if that might be helpful. Thanks!
Hey everyone.
I have two different bagpipes from two different builder, and both use the same type of rubber head as a oneway seal on the blowpipe.
Yet on both pipe, these seals get leaky, resulting in quite a lot of air coming out of the blowpipe when I apply preasure on the filled bag, and also making a lot of wet noises as well.
Am I handeling them wrong, do I need to replace them (everytime that happens?) and if so, where or how do I get replacements, or is there a common way to fix this up?
Thanks
I noticed this crack in the top half of my bass drone today 😢 not sure if I clipped something, or if the past couple weeks of wet competitions played a role (I did make sure to dry my pipes out well).
Ideally I would like to replace it, or get it professionally repaired. But, seeing as how it is mid-season for competitions that doesn't seem feasible at this point in time. With that being said what sort of DIY repair do y'all recommend to get me through the season? I'm thinking a couple dabs of gorilla glue for now. I am also open to other suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Ps. Apologies for the image quality, it was having a hard time focusing
I picked up two chanters and a set of second-hand pipes a couple of months ago. The local pipe band near me needs me to commit more than I'm able to so I've not had any teaching and I normally cannot get my low notes to stay low. It seems to happen sometimes. Only if I'm playing high notes before them and even then it doesn't last.
My question is whether this is an issue with the reeds I'm using that I can modify or replace the reads or whether it's an inherent issue to the chanter being low quality as I see a lot of people say you need to spend decent money on a chanter to get any useful results.
(Of course, I'm very open to this being a technique problem, but I I'm confident I'm at least covering holes when I try to do this stuff very slowly)
Tldr: I can't make the notes right and I need help
So recently i've bought a bagpipe off amazon since i couldn't buy a good / proffessional pair due to being a college student and having budget constraint's. The bagpipes don't leak however they came with really cheap reed's , some of which work and others that dont at all.
Therefore thought that i'd ask if i should just save and buy a already functional pair when i can, or should i try and get a set of functional reeds and make it work somehow.
So thought's?
Wondering if anyone has any info on Stirling Bagpipes. I am taking a trip to Scotland in September and was looking to buy my first set of pipes while there.
Hi all,
I tried playing with all 3 drones today and like always I noticed that when listening to my recording my chanter seems to drown the sound of the drones and you can hardly hear them. I noticed that when I hear other people playing (and I'm talking about learners posting their progress in different groups not professional pipers in competitions or other performances) they sound much better (and it's not just the matter of tuning since in my recording I can hardly hear the drones so I can't even say if they're in tune or not).
Is this a matter of my surrounding (I'm practicing in my bedroom), my recording equipment (phone and a BT mic), experience playing or what?
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Hi, i’m currently trying to learn the hornpipe pumpkins fancy on practice chanter before i put it on pipes. I’ve pretty much mastered it apart from the slide thing from B to C, i just can’t figure it out and i can’t find any decent videos any youtube. Any tips would be appreciated😀.
Been wanting to learn bagpipes for a long time and finally got around to purchasing a practice chanter. I’ve heard that although books and online lessons can be helpful it’s imperative to have an instructor. Been searching around and can’t find any near me, can anyone offer some insight? Based out of Tri-Cities, WA USA.
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Hi all,
This is the latest tune I got from my tutor. We only started it so we only worked on the first 2 parts but I'm trying to play the rest on my own till we have another lesson. I feel really dumb but that I'm lost in its order. I can't understand the directions of jumping between the lines.
Can anyone help me with that?
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Are there newer ones that grab you? Or do you listen to the “classics”, like “Live in Ireland”?