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  Topic: Säckpipa as an iPad app
texasbagpiper

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:20 pm   Subject: Säckpipa as an iPad app
Great news Michael, thanks Seth
  Topic: Tre Säck @ YouTube
texasbagpiper

Replies: 1
Views: 5618

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:27 pm   Subject: Tre Säck @ YouTube
That's a great tune. I really enjoyed it. Seth
  Topic: Free CD & Album Cover Download
texasbagpiper

Replies: 0
Views: 5427

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:43 pm   Subject: Free CD & Album Cover Download
Here is a Free CD recorded by a customer of mine who has been playing the Swedish bagpipe for about 2 months. Enjoy, Seth.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/nt41fbbb2aqnk8y/Why%20I%20Love%20the%20Bagpip ...
  Topic: Baglady heads to Nisswa
texasbagpiper

Replies: 5
Views: 8268

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:33 pm   Subject: Baglady heads to Nisswa
That sounds great. Dang Fern, you know more tunes than I do. I play so many instruments that I never have time to learn more than about 8-10 tunes per instrument. I should probably devote more time ...
  Topic: A collection of 25 tunes after Petter Dufva (1756-1836)
texasbagpiper

Replies: 6
Views: 9219

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:22 pm   Subject: A collection of 25 tunes after Petter Dufva (1756-1836)
For now, only the five tunes I recorded and published on my

Fantastic, thank you. It's always nice to have new tunes that fit the scale. Seth
  Topic: A collection of 25 tunes after Petter Dufva (1756-1836)
texasbagpiper

Replies: 6
Views: 9219

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:33 pm   Subject: A collection of 25 tunes after Petter Dufva (1756-1836)
Are their any audio samples of any of these tunes. I'll do a search too. I've always had trouble with timing, so I learn a new tune easier if I can hear it played first. Seth
  Topic: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
texasbagpiper

Replies: 49
Views: 46582

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:08 pm   Subject: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
For your information, I just posted the first recording I've made with Seths synthetic reed in the chanter. It is a polska from Småland, after a fiddler called Petter Dufva (1756-1836). He wrote down ...
  Topic: God Jul pipeing
texasbagpiper

Replies: 6
Views: 8435

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:14 pm   Subject: Re: God Jul pipeing

Långdans från Sollerön is fantastic on Swedish bagpipes. I have had 30-50 dancers trying to hear me and others from my band play aucustic.
It was fun, as we ended up playing to different parts of ...
  Topic: God Jul pipeing
texasbagpiper

Replies: 6
Views: 8435

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:58 pm   Subject: Re: God Jul pipeing

Långdans från Sollerön is fantastic on Swedish bagpipes. I have had 30-50 dancers trying to hear me and others from my band play aucustic.
It was fun, as we ended up playing to different parts of ...
  Topic: Seam Problems
texasbagpiper

Replies: 3
Views: 4808

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:44 pm   Subject: Seam Problems
Josh did you try any of the fixes I emailed you about. I don't use the type of bag used on those pipes you got, but it should be an easy fix. Even if all the stitching goes, you can always rough up ...
  Topic: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 9
Views: 8422

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:45 pm   Subject: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
Olle is right, you don't want to throw the tube from a mountain bike on you chanter, you should look for racing bike inner tubes. You can find them anywhere here in the U.S.

I bought one from Bike ...
  Topic: Making a chanter... and tuning it
texasbagpiper

Replies: 8
Views: 11823

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:21 am   Subject: Re: Making a chanter... and tuning it

I only heard that they make all chanters with a drilling master where each hole is marked. Then they just drill and make the read fit the pipes. As all pipes are (supposed to be) the same, the sho ...
  Topic: Is the "neutral third" used in Swedish piping?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 9
Views: 8422

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:57 pm   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: Tradition continuity
texasbagpiper

Replies: 25
Views: 22430

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:03 pm   Subject: Tradition continuity
[quote="noordung"]After going for "Säckpipan i Norden" on Google I found it a bit expensive, with used items going much over £100. Not to mention the language barrier I would face ...
  Topic: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
texasbagpiper

Replies: 4
Views: 5359

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:20 pm   Subject: Re: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
I think I'll have the wife send her chanter down. The first thing I did was put the brass tube in the bell to get a good Eb anyway, and I just made it long enough to pull out and get the D. Does your ...
  Topic: Youngest piper ever!
texasbagpiper

Replies: 3
Views: 4571

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:28 pm   Subject: Youngest piper ever!
Well maybe not but he looks ready. We had a baby boy on Tuesday the 25th. The sonograms said we were having a girl, so what a surprise it was to see this little guy. He is 7 Lb 5 oz and his name is ...
  Topic: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
texasbagpiper

Replies: 4
Views: 5359

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:59 am   Subject: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/texasbagpiper/531d3922.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/texasbagpiper/5fb9436f.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/texasbagpiper/cc7e5045.jpg
  Topic: eBay Swedish pipes for $129 BiN in New York
texasbagpiper

Replies: 5
Views: 6678

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:44 am   Subject: eBay Swedish pipes for $129 BiN in New York
Ya can't see the auction anymore because it was over. I probably would have bought those at that price for my collection. I'm sure I'll hear from the guy needing reeds. Cheers, Seth
  Topic: Youngest sackpipa players?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 7
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:29 am   Subject: Youngest sackpipa players?
Congratulations to having a baby Seth!

Cheers
Folke

Thanks Folke. Now to figure out which of my many bagpipes to start her on?
  Topic: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
texasbagpiper

Replies: 4
Views: 5359

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:55 am   Subject: Free Poly Chanter Modification Updated w/pics
I guess this is the easiest way to contact everyone with one of my poly sets. I'm now modifying the chanters , if requested, to play G-nat ( back thumb hole) as well as a low D tuning slide on the bo ...
  Topic: Youngest sackpipa players?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 7
Views: 6775

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:47 am   Subject: Youngest sackpipa players?
I have a female customer that is around 13. She has an A' and a G' set.

I'm about to have a daughter in about 4 weeks, so I suppose she will be playing in the next few months, LOL. Seth
  Topic: Highest and lowest sackpipa made?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 13
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:57 pm   Subject: Highest and lowest sackpipa made?
True Olle it is carbon fibre in the chanter reed and some other synthetic material in the drone reed. I can't seem to remember what it is though. I'll post when I figure it out.

Folke

He's a bet ...
  Topic: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
texasbagpiper

Replies: 12
Views: 13377

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:53 pm   Subject: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
Seth, there are many tunes that would be very difficult to play if you make a double hole instead. I think you are the only pipe maker who chose to do that.

The thumb hole is only awkward in the be ...
  Topic: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
texasbagpiper

Replies: 12
Views: 13377

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:03 am   Subject: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
They are sweet! I've been enjoying them very much. That right had thumb hole is going to take a while though.

Yep, uncomfortable isn't it. I put that hole on the front of the chanter as a double ...
  Topic: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
texasbagpiper

Replies: 12
Views: 13377

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:51 pm   Subject: FS: Alban Faust Säckpipa in A/E
They have been adopted into a good home and will be raised in a family of pipes and pipers where their heritage will be respected.

That's a nice set Fern. Seth
  Topic: Highest and lowest sackpipa made?
texasbagpiper

Replies: 13
Views: 10016

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:47 pm   Subject: Highest and lowest sackpipa made?
Hi

I have met and played Max Perssons A/D set Smile Its kind of huge but it sounds really nice. It has one drone one octave below the chaanters bottom note. The stretch is comparaeble to a low D Whis ...
  Topic: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
texasbagpiper

Replies: 16
Views: 25053

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:43 pm   Subject: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
Newest Reed designs. The first set has a larger post so it will fit more easily into the larger bore of the G chanters. The longer reed is for those xtra-long low drones.
http://i3.photobucket.com/ ...
  Topic: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
texasbagpiper

Replies: 16
Views: 25053

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:10 pm   Subject: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
I'm working with a new style of reed. It is for G chanters only. This new design has a tuning slide built into the reed, and it can be lengthened to narrow the upper bore, which in turn will flatten ...
  Topic: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds
texasbagpiper

Replies: 49
Views: 46582

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:02 am   Subject: Experiences from Seth Hamon's synthetic reeds

Thanks Seth, you saved my day!

Thanks Olle. I see you survived the sweaty bus ride. Mr. Green
  Topic: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
texasbagpiper

Replies: 16
Views: 25053

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:02 pm   Subject: 2nd Gen Synthetic reeds: Updated 8/5/2011
They don't leak, but I'm not entirely sure what your referring to. They do play at a higher pressure than cane and are more stable IMHO. I will make more videos too but with as many sets of these re ...
 
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