Hello,
I was just listening music on You Tube and I found also the next one: Donal Lunny & Coolfin - Celtic Slides (Feat. McSherry & Casey). He always gets amazing tone out of his chanters. I know this takes years of practice, but I was thinking it this is mybe becouse he use hard reeds or becouse his chanters are boxwood or it is just microphone and effects ect.?
Thanks for opinions 
Hi Eric
Its a combination of both the reeds, his chanter and his style of play. I know John quite well as i’m his reedmaker and to be honset you could give him any chanter with any reed and he still sounds like “John”. His style of play is quite unique and his understanding of the instrument is breathtaking.
Hard reeds do help to give a more solid tone but great tone can also be got from softer reeds is all depends on having the pipes set to your style of play. Once this is achieved great things can happen 
Hope this helps
is that Mc Aloon boxw.chanter with coolfin clips…? same set what was stolen in Spain?
yes that is the boxwood McAloon chanter
He is now playing a B. Koehler chanter in Boxwood. its a stunning chanter in my opinion better than the one that was stolen
Thanks again for nice explanation
is the new chanter just by Koehler or is it Koehler/ Quinn ???
Ballygo
hi ballygo
its a koehler
Jerry O’Sullivan also plays a Benedict Koehler chanter. It has a very sweet tone, but is not as loud as most concert pitch chanters.
Probably to do with the reed set-up.
I play a Koehler chanter myself and it can be either loud or soft depending on the reed.
However i think that this is the mark of a good chanter in that it has the ability to take many different reed configurations while still having all the desired elements of tone and playability.
Benedicts chanters are truly fantastic. I dont think that there are many makers at the minute who can compete with the quality of his work.
The great thing about them is that many different set-ups can be obtained whilst still retaining perfect tuning and perfect balance with the full set.
Listening to him play, I’m so impressed and inspired by how he strives for perfection in every note. It also shows in his work, and in what he expects from it.
So happened K&Q , are they finished as a partnership .
B
Does anyone have Benedict Koehler’s contact info? Thanks
NO.. they are not…
Seconded. They’re still working together and making great stuff. A little bird told me. 
boxw. rocks allways
Especially if its shaped like a banana .
RORY
…who care’s the shape…
The new Koehler chanter; is it again keyless chanter like McAloon, or he use now fully keyed one with stop key? If I am correct, I think John likes to use half holing, off the knee and pressure power to get all semitones out. Mybe this is the reason of his unbelievable & expresive tone. I think I will just stop using keys or glue them on and just learn first all these techniques properly 
There’s a lot to be said for that.