Hi!
Has anybody an idea where I can find something about gracings for the UP in the net? Or is there any video (DVD 
) around?!?
Thankx 
How much money do you want to spend? 
Lots of sources: Heather Clarkeās book on UPs, Pat Mitchellās Dance Music of Willie Clancy book, 3 videos from NPU, Mad4Trad CDROM for UPs, etc. etc.
Do you play, plan to play, just idly curious?
djm
Well, I am playing (since 2 years) pipesand I have now since a few weeks a new developed one, called: āpip le sĆ©ideathā which is a pipe with mixed fingering, open and half open in the 2nd octace. The sound is astonishing same like a Uillean from the chanter. Bore and reed is similar from a Uilleann. The 2 drones are fatter, more warm. Pitch is in D.
Now, I have to find gracings on my own and see what I can adapt from pipe models, that are for longer time developed.
Weher can I find the Mad4Trad e. g. ?
Interesting. Does āpip le seideathā translate to fairy pipes, as in sidhe? It seems youāve beaten me to the punch as Iāve been trying to develope something similar, even with a similar name.
Marc
Filzmaul, there are lots of sources on the web. Where you are located will determine shipping costs. Hereās just a few places to start with:
NPU: http://www.pipers.ie/en/default.lasso
Ossian in Cork or USA: http://www.ossianusa.com/
Andyās Front Hall: http://www.ossianusa.com/
djm
Thanks!
IĀ“m located in good olĀ“ Germany . Will see, what is useful for meā¦
DonĀ“t be sad , marcpipes, it might make you happy to hear that my pipe is mouth blown, sinc I canĀ“t play with a bellows. I have tried to play with a bellows a āPolish Bockā, which make me CRAZY at this timeā¦
With my āfeltmouthā I have the pipe more under controlā¦
Cheerz
Filzmaul = Felt muzzle
Are you really mouth blowing Uilleann reeds??
Isnāt there a turkish/balkan/bulgarian/vaguely eastern bagpipe which has a mouthblown reed with a second octave? Iām sure Iāve heard a recording of it on Pipeline or suchlike.
Cheers,
Calum
I think itās one of the Bulgarian pipes
got any pictures Filz?
Yes, I have just shooten some pics, theyĀ“re still in my camera but I will sug them in the next minutes. I can mail those, who like to see them should post his email.
I have not heard about that capability of the bulgarian pipes, the only ones I saw live were somehow very ancient, with a cows (or other animals) bladder as bag. They had a clarinette type reed, and a āflew-holeā on the bottom of the chanter for to make these wierd āblipsā as ghost note. So, I guess, 10 notes, not more, with different tuning. Not bad at all, but: each pipe is designed for a specific type of music, so the bulgarian is. Bavarian music might also be strange on a uilleann 
Cheers
I have been talking to Edgar (filzmaul) more off-line about his pipes and he has forwarded on to me more information and pix,
they were made by Jens GĆ¼ntzel, a pipemaker from eastern Germany, and are a new design
http://www.dudelsackbau.com/frameset.htm
here are some pix and a sound file
http://www.animavitae.com/uilleann/pipe3.mp3
Jeff
VERY interesting website! Am I interpreting that wrong, or does that
small spur gear control an adjustable finger on the drone reed tongue?
Yes it is! Bingo!