Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

There is new material from scandinavia all the time on
www.tvfolk.net

but I found this sackpipa video that was really cool

http://www.tvfolk.net/video_ref/norrsken0007_MSTRH.mov

Horn is not a pleasant material to turn if you are making your own replacement, Highland pipers use replaceable plastic mouthpieces, You could try a piper maker of these as they frequently turn delrin ...

There are a couple of pictures here on my website( I haven't got my head around how to post pictures here yet...)

http://www.michaeljking.com/langspil.htm

I also recorded this quick video sample ...

No need to buy anything, Audacity is free software that will do the job, a clone of cooledit I think! It runs on Linux, Mac, and of course Windows, to save as an MP3 you have to add a file called L ...

Hi, I have made copies of the 2 instruments used by Sigurður Rúnar Jonsson who is also known as "Diddi Fiðla"

The Icelandic Langspil is a bowed langeleik type instrument, one melody str ...

My name: Michael J King
Where I am: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
My main instrument:Lyre, Kantele, Guitar, Great Highland Bagpipe
Other instruments I play:Didgeridu, Stick Dulcimer, Crwth/Fiddle ...