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  Topic: German Documentary on Alban Faust
Anders Jackson

Replies: 1
Views: 5045

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:10 am   Subject: German Documentary on Alban Faust
I have missed it. Great.
  Topic: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Anders Jackson

Replies: 8
Views: 9725

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 6:57 pm   Subject: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Thank you all for your kind answers and comments. I decided to make the mouthpiece of a separate piece of wood and treat it with linseed oil only. Just for a better feeling, I guess. Now, let's wait w ...
  Topic: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Anders Jackson

Replies: 8
Views: 9725

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:10 pm   Subject: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Alban uses horn, don't know about oil.
Börs-Anders uses linseed oil and turpentine last I checked, and so did Eriksson (who have stoped making pipes).

They might have changed, but I guess Olle G. ...
  Topic: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Anders Jackson

Replies: 8
Views: 9725

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:31 pm   Subject: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Or using a bit of horn from moose, elk, cow or something similary on top 5 cm of the mouth pices.

Not using the teeth is a good advice. I only someone have told me that way back when I stated, bef ...
  Topic: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Anders Jackson

Replies: 8
Views: 9725

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:03 pm   Subject: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
I guess that most/all of the turpentine is gone when the finish has dried. The danger is for the one doing the finish.
  Topic: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
Anders Jackson

Replies: 49
Views: 46548

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:00 pm   Subject: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds


The difference being, drilling precise, sometimes historical holes as opposed to using a close-enough wrench to loosen a bolt that already exists. If you were trying to machine a replacement bolt ...
  Topic: Playing is fun, recording is not.
Anders Jackson

Replies: 4
Views: 6628

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:33 pm   Subject: Re: Playing is fun, recording is not.
I don't know about anyone else, but it seems like I can't play a tune all the way through when I know I'm being recorded. Tunes that I can usually play flawlessly suddenly seem foreign, and little thi ...
  Topic: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
Anders Jackson

Replies: 16
Views: 25036

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:16 pm   Subject: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
Black Rose, I don't really know what post you comment on, so I don't know the context. But my comments to your post would be

The bag and back vent should hold air like a football (soccer). You sho ...
  Topic: Another workshop at Nisswastämma, June 8, 9--2012
Anders Jackson

Replies: 17
Views: 15008

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:45 am   Subject: Another workshop at Nisswastämma, June 8, 9--2012
A säckpipa is tuned with A at 440 Hz, or should. Smile

The tunes Olle sudgested are great beginners tunes, and Långdans från Sollerön is a great tune to dans to. Really easy steps.

The problems ...
  Topic: Playing is fun, recording is not.
Anders Jackson

Replies: 4
Views: 6628

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:27 pm   Subject: Playing is fun, recording is not.
I read this and giggle in sympathy with you...


Yeah, I know, it's sick.
If a friend would hit his toes so they nearly breaks, I would sit and feel his pain and laugh out load. And it is not in ...
  Topic: Reed tuning
Anders Jackson

Replies: 3
Views: 6664

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:20 pm   Subject: Reed tuning
To make a reed isn not that simple, but if you find Olle Gällmos web page, you will find a good instruction.

But I guess that you would really get good help from a experienced piper to get it right ...
  Topic: Tradition continuity
Anders Jackson

Replies: 25
Views: 22400

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:17 pm   Subject: Re: Tradition continuity
Anders, how do you like English spelling? Makes no sense at all right?
I guess my signature gives me away on this, doesn't it? Smile Smile Smile
  Topic: Tradition continuity
Anders Jackson

Replies: 25
Views: 22400

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:46 pm   Subject: Re: Tradition continuity

Many piping traditions, especially in Eastern Europe, are very ‘dialectical’. Different villages are known to have very different and distinct playing styles.
Swedish fiddlers certainly have a s ...
  Topic: Female Sackpipa (in 19th century)
Anders Jackson

Replies: 24
Views: 26300

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:00 pm   Subject: Re: Louis Skifström Wedding Photo
I just found a photo of the son, Louis Skifström in my (late) aunt's recipe book ???? of all places. The wedded couple appear to be dressed in late 19 th. Century attire. The photo was taken by phot ...
  Topic: God Jul pipeing
Anders Jackson

Replies: 6
Views: 8422

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:52 pm   Subject: Re: God Jul pipeing
Played the Longdans fra Solleron with stav players and the dancers singing. Way cool. A dancer came to me and said "I've been dancing that dance for over 30 years and that was...wow...something ...
  Topic: Tradition continuity
Anders Jackson

Replies: 25
Views: 22400

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:48 am   Subject: Tradition continuity
You have to ask the publisher...
  Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders Jackson

Replies: 20
Views: 20834

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:45 am   Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
I think if anyone were to draw a line they would have to use a very fat marker to do it. Even if only based on visual comparison, there are a number of differences between Leif's säckpipa and the muse ...
  Topic: Making a chanter... and tuning it
Anders Jackson

Replies: 8
Views: 11814

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:07 am   Subject: Re: Making a chanter... and tuning it
How do the rest of you makers solve this problem? Do you just take a working reed out of another chanter and then tune (drill) the holes according to it? It might be a bit tricky in case you don't hav ...
  Topic: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
Anders Jackson

Replies: 9
Views: 8419

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:58 am   Subject: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
I went to the local Bicycle Inc shop which has everything you ever wanted for a bike, but of their hundreds of tubes they don't have one narrow enough to use on a chanter. I've looked but have yet to ...
  Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders Jackson

Replies: 20
Views: 20834

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:12 am   Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders, also Leif Eriksson's pipes have much smaller finger holes than the historical instruments. Where's the limit when you would not call it Swedish anymore, and what do you call the instruments ma ...
  Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders Jackson

Replies: 20
Views: 20834

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:17 pm   Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
With such holes you can do whatever you want with the fingers below, but, on the other hand, no crossfingering tricks like vibrato or strange semitones are possible any more.

Well, the are still ...
  Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders Jackson

Replies: 20
Views: 20834

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:43 am   Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Olle has had some discussions with him about that, way back.

Faust did that modification on his own, because that was what he had been tough in Germany.

Faust is without any doubt a very skilled ...
  Topic: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
Anders Jackson

Replies: 9
Views: 8419

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:31 am   Subject: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
Don't forget to ask for the colour of the tubes, before you buy it! You don't want to end up with pink or baby blue. Laughing












(never heard of any other colour than black Wink )
  Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
Anders Jackson

Replies: 20
Views: 20834

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:38 am   Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering
With Swedish bagpipes (Säckpipa) you can change between open, semi open and closed fingering in the same tunes. So in short, use what you think is usefull for you and the tunes.
  Topic: Youngest sackpipa players?
Anders Jackson

Replies: 7
Views: 6772

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:11 pm   Subject: Youngest sackpipa players?
Agree. Let the kids try, and you will see if it works.


I also want to say congratulations to Seth on becoming a parent!!!
  Topic: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
Anders Jackson

Replies: 4
Views: 5356

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:06 pm   Subject: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
Nice!
  Topic: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
Anders Jackson

Replies: 12
Views: 13358

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:42 pm   Subject: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
There are some tunes with both G and G#.
But I can't remember any names. It was during Falu Folk Music Festival (FFF) in Falun, Sweden when I attended a säckpipe course with Jan Winter and Bengt S ...
  Topic: Sackpipa: Gagnef Meeting 2011
Anders Jackson

Replies: 3
Views: 4549

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:32 pm   Subject: Sackpipa: Gagnef Meeting 2011
Thank you for the links. I really miss the Säckpipeträff in Gagnef. Sad
  Topic: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
Anders Jackson

Replies: 49
Views: 46548

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:53 pm   Subject: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
You should use metrics, like rest of the world Smile

If it makes any difference, it shouldn't be that much using metrics och Imperial units. For instance, an 1/2" combination wrench is between a ...
  Topic: Tune Collection
Anders Jackson

Replies: 16
Views: 11499

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:28 am   Subject: Tune Collection
We could have a locked thread here where we write some information about which tunes are pipe friendly in folkwiki, with a links?

In that way we could have a sort of register with some more informa ...
 
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