Chanter lengths

Uilleann Pipes
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My Rogge chanters lengths is measured without wooden chanter piece

D Plumwood 367 mm with brass tube in throat 377mm
C Snakewood 421 mm
B Plumwood 451 mm

I have a Charles Robert B reed which plays in B flat in B chanter.
When I got my D chanter in Jan 04 the chanter reed played C sharp but if I put that reed in my last D Rogge chanter it played in D.

Please post your chanter lengths to compare.

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D=366mm
B=447mm

I’m not sure what you hope to accomplish with this.

djm

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Why do some men feel the need to compare sizes? :laughing:

J.

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Well, with pipes anyways, it really is how you use it, not the size that counts…

…Otherwise some enterprising pipemaker really would’ve invented a 40" long bass Bb chanter by now or something…

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…i’ve made a G chanter… :blush: …not my invention though, that credit goes to Peter Hunter…

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I don’t think it’s the chanter. I’ve only worked on one Roberts chanter, but it was a D chanter that came straight from his workshop with a new reed, and it played in C# as well. And not very well. We did a lot of comparing of lengths and then clipped the reed a hair and it played in D, and a lot better.

Royce

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Nice picture of another Davey’s G chanter based on Peter Hunter’s work.
According to the archived page, it belongs to Ronan Browne.

Mukade

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That thing is gigantic, you could bludgeon someone to death with that. Wonder how it sounds, must be a beautiful low tone.

Fergmaun, how does that snakewood chanter sound, I’ve been curious as to how those sound. It’s a pretty dense wood. Must have a pretty distinct tone.

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You can hear the sound of my Rogge snakewood on the Clips and Snips http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/uilleann.html