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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000079.txt from 2007/11
From: "Edward B. Flowers" <flowerse@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Bagpipes
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:53:16 -0500
Dan,
I understand that the bagpipes, both Ullian and Scotch, employ reeds
which are inside the instrument. A Scotch bagpiper told me that the
Ullian bagpipes, which feeds air to the reeds via a bellows, protects
these reeds from the moisture that the oboe and bassoon subject their
reeds to--so they last longer.
My questions are these: (1) are these reeds double (like the oboe) or
single (like the clarinet) and (2) could a double-reeder take apart a
bagpipes and voice the reeds with his reed knife?
Edward B. Flowers
Dan Duncan wrote:
> I believe that there ARE things called "chamber pipes" that sound
> very well inside.
>
> A "lovely" pipe organ can sound horrible if it is voiced incorrectly
> or if the pipes are played at the incorrect wind pressure. The shawm
> is usually considered a 'loud' (the old term was 'high') instrument
> but even that rather loud instrument can be played indoors to good
> effect.
>
> I get it that some folks don't care for bagpipes. OK, enough said.
> I believe you. Now something else to discuss perhaps?
>
> Dan
>
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Judith and James Preston wrote:
>
>> <Call me a tonality or aural snob if you like, but I'll take a lovely
>> choir
>> with organ over ciarmella and drums almost any day.>
>>
>> A wise man once defined a "gentleman" as a man who can play the
>> bagpipes,
>> and doesn't.
>>
>> I do enjoy the sound of bagpipes on occasion, but only outside and at a
>> distance. They have no "indoor voice."
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>
>>
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