A Chanter and stuff

I'm going to apologise once here for all the piping you'll hear that's mine.

Here you'll find some clips of the A chanter made recently for Emmett.  I couldn't resist trying it out with D drones and regulators but it must be said that I let my normal standards of tuning go out the window in the name of fun.  The main problem being that the chanter needs bang on G's (D's) to fit with the drones, and that would take a new reed which would also have the side effect of a sharp A and B - I also recorded the D drones clips in the workshop before the final tuning.  Anyway . . .

With pitch shifted drones

With pitch shifted drones 2

By itself pre final tuning

With the D drones 1

(Eventually) The Dublin Reel as you've never heard it before! The recording jumps due to a faulty recorder - sorry

Here's some of a recent Eb chanter.   No EQ etc as always.  Some room reverb on the air.

If anyone knows this air please let me know - I have it from a song about Anglo-Indians.
Here you could hear young Sean Potts turning in his grave, except that thankfully he's not yet dead.
And here is a clip I couldn't resist, I just can't believe how much it sounds like an old recording . . .

Here is a clip of  a 17 key Northumbrian Small Pipe chanter made by Peter some time ago.  He made one prototype, never even keyed it, and then cracked out this belting chanter.
If you want one of these, then tough.  Too fiddly!!  All Mp3's are less than 1meg.

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