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My CR set has a A/G drone that plays A when a sleeve is turned opening a hole on the side or G through another side hole when a pin like what is pictured on Mukade's set is pulled. Sorry, don't have a picture right now.
John

meemtp,

Full time firefighter/paramedic in West Valley City, Utah.

Now I get your username.

John

Uilliam,

I'll split it with you. You pay the flight and I'll room and board you (not waterboarding).

John

Guilty. I know there is a female firefighter also from Utah. There would be a bit a travel for the first meeting. I propose that since you are the President for life and retired, we hold the first meeting here in Utah. Let me know when you are coming and I will pick you up at the airport.

As a novice piper who has a to struggle just to get the tune in my head and get it back out in a recognizable form, the thing that keeps me practicing and trying to progress is the wide range of techniques and sounds that are possible with the pipes. The fact that I can change how I play some little...

I hand stitched a new bag recently with chap leather from Tandy. I checked all the leather in the store with the "suck" method. Only the chap leather and upholstery leather was airtight. If you have a tax number you can buy everything wholesale.

The bag is airtight by the way.

John

After trying all sort of synthetic variations, hybrids, arundo, and, phragmites reeds in my Roberts drones over the last 3 years I would emphatically vote for.................it depends. All can be made steady and dependable. All have good sound, dependent on the drone. My tenor A and D drones are t...

History has supported artists through patronage (wealthy folks add to their own prestige by supporting the livelihood of an artist or musician). Too bad that's not going on any more, although I'd hate to be at someone's beck and call like some court jester. Although many individuals make a "li...

I noticed someone on the net was using vinyl inside/leather outside for bellows. Does anyone have any experience doing this with bags? I was thinking along the lines of bonding the vinyl to leather, glueing the vinyl along the edge to itself and hand stitching through both with a edge trim. I though...

Finished tying in my new bag (she' a big un). I used the tanners select chap side leather,cemented the bag with barge cement and hand stitched it. Bag is air tight with out seasoning. My hard reed is much easier to play with a larger bag. I glad I got it done before J-Dub got me banned from my new f...

I bought my CR1/2+ set from a German seller. It ran about $75.00 for the escrow service and $240 for shipping to the western US(the shipping was refunded as I bought the pipes in the middle of the DHL, Airborne merger and 2nd day air ended up taking 15 days). That was 2 years ago. Just for a ball pa...

Thanks for the input so far.
I have an additional question, what ounce leather is being used for bellows and for bags?
Thanks,

John

My question is for those that are making bellows and bags in the US and Canada. Can you point me towards sources of airtight leather so I can make another bag and bellows for myself? I know I can buy these items ready-made, but I would like to make some myself. You can email or pm me. Thanks in adva...

http://myspeed.visualware.com/voip/
Site that gives more information than just download/upload speed.
I skyped with Michael. Nice clear connection for voice,guitar,low whistle.Fair for Uilleann pipe,not too good for high whistle(like wind across a mike). Interesting technology. Thanks Michael.

John

It may be Amhran A Leabhair. This was a chiff and fipple tune of the month in December 1998 and there is a couple recordings of it on the whistle clips and snips.