Bagpipes. In The Barn. Episode 40 - From Zero to Hero
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Chris takes a really bad sounding chanter reed and turns it into a really good sounding chanter reed. The reed starts out very hard to blow with an awful pitch. Chris fixes each note and softens the reed by a good 10 inches of water. #bagpipes
I learned a lot from that. When I started playing 26 years ago, I think I was paying about $10 or $12 for a reed. I went through quite a few. If only I had known! Thanks!
I'm glad this will help. Cheers.
Very instructive. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
So, it looks like a reed can take a good bit of manipulation to be made right, I'm glad I kept all my old ones, I may be able to salvage some of them.
That's great Michael. Using reeds that you would otherwise discard is the best way to go. Cheers.
Your work is OUTSTANDING
Well, thank you so much. High praise indeed.
Very informative! might give it a shot on some older reeds. One question though, why are you syncing to the Piobaireachd HG?
Hello Kris,
If the piobaireachd high G is unstable it won't be suitable for piobaireachd playing for obvious reasons.
Loving your videos. When I was a teenage player my father an ex-army piper and later pipe major did all my reed adjustments for me. Now I''m in retirement with a 30 gap in playing the pipes I am back into playing and realising that my lack of reed adjustment knowledge is holding me back, partly fear of ruining a reed but also a lack of confidence in how much to take off, where, when and how. Your videos are definitely helping with this. I had a question for you, my pipes are my grandfathers Henry Starck's from the 1920's and the chanter tunes to 466 Hz (which I like) should I use modern reeds that are for chanters which tune (much) higher or should I try reeds that are made for Bb chanters?
I'm glad you're finding the videos useful.
Modern reeds will work just fine.