Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

[texasbagpiper]

[Aaron K. Holt]

A taper, that's interesting. How much?
Do you use English or Metric measurements? Metric bits are (sometimes) a little harder to come by here in the states.
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[texasbagpiper]

[Anders Jackson]

You should use metrics, like rest of the world

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 12 and 13 mm wrench. So I always used a 13 mm instead of the propper 1/2" on old SAAB motors, wich used english Triumph motors and Imperial inces .

This page had good(?) information between Imperial and metric Hex key (you know, like the ones IKEA uses)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key

But really, you should use metric ISO standards, just look how many non-ISO standards there are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_thread compared to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_metric_screw_thread

When I think of this, just ignore my rant.
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[texasbagpiper]

[Anders Jackson]

Well, it was mostly a rant anyway...

But there shouldn't be that hard to konvert between. Except some few strange meashures, like 12.5 milimeters
And by the way, it isn't me that makes the instruments. So please, just ignore me on this

(I belive in that it is the doers that make the calls, like in Open Source computer programs)
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[Jim Little]

I got a set of Synth-pipa reeds in the mail from Seth yesterday and of course immediately tried them out in my Bors Anders pipes, both E/A and D/G.

The stems (with teflon tape wrap) fit in to the pipe bores just fine.

In the E/A chanter the scale is good with the reed pushed all the way in. I might need to file the top E hole a small bit.

For the D/G chanter I left the reed out about 1/8 inch from the the top of the pipe (in my experience this pipe needs a slightly longer reed). The scale is fine.

The bottom line of all this is that Synth-pipa reeds work just fine in Bors Anders E/A and D/G pipe sets (drones too) without a lot of adjustment.

Thanks Seth for a job well done in developing these reeds.

[Anders Jackson]

[brynley]

I also received a set of Synth-pipa reeds from Seth, and installed them in my Kehrly pipes, in the Erickson style. I could immediately get the E/A chanter(s), and drone tuned up, stable, and running, only had to add teflon tape. A marked difference from before, when as a newcomer, trying to learn to make cane reeds that would work,( but never very well), meant the pipes were collecting dust! cough! The reed also works well with the practice-windcap+chanter that came with the set. My D/G chanter seems to have a narrower bore, and seemed to like the reed, but I can,t be bothered to peel off teflon , so I,m staying with the E/A, until I maybe purchase another Synth reed for it. (Or maybe Seth will send me one for all the publicity! lol) javascript:emoticon('') So thumbs up on these reeds as far as this newbie is concerned!

[Olle]

I just came back from a workshop I held in Viljandi, Estonia over the weekend. I had my usual pipes with me, one mouth blown in A and my bellows blown in G. All students played torupill (Estonian bagpipes) which are in G, so I also brought an extra mouthblown set in G which I had set up with plastic reeds - Seths reed in the chanter and an Ezee-drone reed in the drone (too narrow bore for Seth's reeds).

I was supposed to play during a presentation on Friday night, but did not have much time to prepare since I jumped on the wrong bus in Tallinn and therefore took a non-voluntary detour through Tartu. It was very hot in Estonia this weekend, the buses had no air conditioning and stupid me sat on the sunny side, so after 4 hours busride I was soaking wet.

At the presentation I took up my usual mouth blown set to play some tunes for the students. It didn't make a sound. Complete noise refusal. That does not happen often, but after that bus ride I guess I should not have been surprised. I picked up the spare, plastic reeded set, instead and it worked like a charm. No tuning required.

Thanks Seth, you saved my day!
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[Aaron K. Holt]

Four hours in a hot bus with no air conditioning, that's real dedication!
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[texasbagpiper]

[Black Rose]

[Anders Jackson]

[Folke]

I have used my "Texas reeds" now for a coupple of months. I play an Alban Faust set and I had the reed modified (by Seth) to fit the faust drone.

I mostly play my bagpipe in some sort of context with other people, and it has ben nerv wrecking to do so with cane reeds. (Maybe because I'm lousy at making cane reeds. Who knows?) Often playing maybe one or two tunes on the bagpipe, leaving it untouched for the most of the gig with all the tuning issues that arise in that situation. Warmed up pipe (in tune) getting cold. Not knowing if it will be in tune or not.

That problem is gone now The sound when played alone is a little sharp (not as warm as cane reeds) but as I said I almost allways play with others and then they sound really good! The only thing I had to do to get them in tune was to wax the thumb hole a bit to lower the high e. Otherwise just move the O-ring (in baby steps) untill u get in tune!

I really like them!

Cheers
Folke
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[Black Rose]

[Anders Jackson]

[Olle]

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 about 200 tunes in a note book which is dated 1807. Surprisingly many of them are playable on bagpipes. This is number 53 in the notebook:

http://soundcloud.com/ollegallmo/pd53
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[texasbagpiper]

[Black Rose]