When we last left our hero, he was having some trouble with a tight C natural key block. That problem was swiftly remedied, but now a new threat is lurking on the horizon.
When playing a first-octave C natural (using any and all known standard and non-standard fingering methods), the chanter has a nasty tendancy to go sharp. Way sharp. C sharp. I’m not playing at any kind of abnormally high pressure and the reed is set to play pretty decently loud (let’s say about average for a Rogge chanter, anyways). None of the other notes seem to be causing any trouble (touch wood).
In my case, I was attempting to improve the original reed that came with the set (I was taking a reedmaking class and mine was coming along nicely, so I took the chance) as I had no hard D.
I enlarged the V to a U and kept thinning the U, sort of “scooping” in that area.
That night, when the humidity increased, I tried to play The South Wind and all my C naturals sounded C sharp.
The next day was humid too and it was acting the same, so I jammed an eye shaping mandril up the staple and tapped it a few times with a plastic hammer.
If I was very careful with the pressure, it would sound C natural, but any overpressure caused it to jump to C sharp.
Where was your overscraping done that caused the opposite effect?
Oh worthy one
Sometimes it is really that easy :roll:
My C chanter was playing B# instead of Bnat with standard fingering(Cnat) it would play Cnat by using the g fingering,but that was too much of a palaver/By moving the reed out in the seat it brought it into tune,using the fingering I am used to.
Slan go foill
Liam.
The slan agat is reserved for those unworthy ones who I no longer wish to communicate with…
