Srugling to learn the pipes for 10 years I was recently given on loan the best chanter ever to have my fingers wraped around. By a maker called davy stephenson.
its like 5 years hard practice has been put in over night I actualy sound like a piper when i play it. wow.
I have owned 3 chanters before this came along the makers shall not be named but should be shamed for selling the sticks as instruments to beginers that dont know good from bad.
i thought i was incompetant as a piper and nearly gave up.
thank god for makers like davy he cares about the survival of the art of piping and pipe making.
thanks davy what a diamond geeza.
Struggling to learn the pipes for 10 years
that’s a long time to struggle with anything…
Congrats TBM! I have reeded a number of his chanters and it has always been a pleasure playing them.
they say it takes 21 years
that’s a long time to struggle with anything…
…but perhaps both octaves were not truly in tune - and they are now.
thats a fact .
i play with fidle and box the chanter blends beutifully with them both and has a tone to die for its truly awesome.
the reed was made by myself without any problems.
its all good.
I tried a Davy Stephenson recently. I found it incredibly easy to play. Took almost no bag pressure at all. That took a lot of adjustment for me. I have no doubt I could have become very attached to that chanter.
Hey Greg, is that my Stevenson you’re talking about? If so, it has a lot to do with the reed. I played a very stiff reed for quite some time until Joe Kennedy made some new ones. The chanter sounds lovely with either.
yea this one needs very litle presure to play and it sings like a canary