Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)

[noordung]

Hello to you all! I've just joined your forum and would like to introduce myself:

My name: Tomaž Furlan
Where I am: Slovenia, Europe
My main instrument: Diatonic button accordion
Other instruments I play: having some fun with the "mih" bagpipe, "surle" and experimenting (making, playing) with various primitive folk aerophones. Hoping to add a real home-made säckpipa to this family.
Other interests: Computer and electronic stuff and things (software engineer by profession). Folk music, dances, culture and traditions. And many other things.

I've got fascinated by "the thing" when I saw a short youtube video about making an improvised "säckpipa" from cheap plastic parts. When I realized the beauty and simplicity of creating a sound, I was sold.

[Black Rose]

Royce Lerwick
Minneapolis Minnesota (Brooklyn Park)
Uilleann pipes, Bass guitar, tin whistles, sackpipa--after a fashion
Also play the digital audio workstation
Facilities management/mechanic

And by the way, I think these are my pipes now:


Yes that's them.
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[Tomas.Sauer]

My name: Tomas Sauer
Where I am: Nuremberg/Giessen
My main instrument: Bagpipes, including Säckpipa
Other instruments I play: More bagpipes?
Other interests: Mathematics
Just had a great course with Olle last weekend.

[Phil D]

My name: Phil Dale
Where I am: Portland, Oregon, USA
Where I'm from: London, UK
My main instrument: Low Whistle.
Other instruments I play: Guitar, interested in learning the Säckpipa
Occupation: Director/Animator - working in the feature animation industry

[Iris]

My name is: Iris
Where I am: The Netherlands
My main instrument: I play Swedish bagpipes and Dutch/Flemish pipe. "Lage landen doedelzak"
Other instruments: tin whistle and in the past I played guitar
Other interests: birdwatching and I like to be outdoors.

The pipes are made by Frans Hattink, a Dutch bagpipe maker.
I had lessons on the Dutch pipes and for the Swedish pipes I learn everything from the site from Olle Gällmo.
I really like to play with other bagpipers f.i. in West Germany, I live near the German border.

[memling]

My name: Paolo
Where I am: Italy, near Rome
My main instrument: Bohem flute
Other instruments I play: Baroque recorders
Hobby: ancient music and folk music, i love traditional insturments, in particoular wooden flutes and bagpipes. Literature and books

[khomus]

Hi all. Here we go, hopefully I don't mess up the format!

Name: John Schucker
Location: Madison Wisconsin

Main Instrument: khomus, A.K.A. Jew's harp, mungiga, hoho, kubing, dan moi, Etc. Lots of them from all over the world.

Secondary instruments: Lots, I collect but I'm actually tackling playing all of them. Flutes (ocarina, fujara, quena, kaval), strings (kamale ngoni, reconstructed Anglo-Saxon lyre, kantele, doshpuluur, mountain dulcimer, t'nah), bagpipes (currently Swedish and practice chanter for great highland pipes), drums (ashiko, frame drums, udu), random things (harmonica, xaphoon, melodica, karigne, didgeridoo). Probably more but that should give you the idea.