penny chanter

Uilleann Pipes
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Just off to India tomorrow, to escape the English winter for a few months. Didn’t want to take my Howard chanter as it is too valuable, so have just recieved a Daye penny chanter to take instead.

It’s a great bit of kit and am impressed at the value. I am sure many c+f ers have had experience of them, but thought I’d mention my Howard chanter reed played nicely in it without an adjustment.

Enjoy winter all, back in Feb. By the way the 2nd Annual Floating Tionol is June 10th-14th 2005. Five places left as of today.

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Namaste Sean… and remember… don’t drink the water…

Om namo,

Patrickananda.

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Or the ice. Or fruits washed in water. Or fruits you don’t peel yourself (banannas are generaly safe) &c.

Dionys

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…and don’t go barefoot on bare ground. I hear you can get worms into the bottom of your feet. :boggle:

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…and don’t go barefoot on bare ground. I hear you can get worms into the bottom of your feet.

Hell, you can do that at any public beach or park where dogs crap right here in the US ! :astonished:

Rick

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Thanks guys, the reed David Daye made for me, specially for this climate seems just great. I am doing a litte adjustment (trimming the end off a tad) to get the C, Cnat and d in tune, but it certainly seems to be a good chanter, and it is certainly more relaxing not having my best one here, as I can just chill that much more, not having to worry about it as much

At some spoint I may add some Chris Bayley barrel/shuttle drones to make a compact, pretty reasonable ‘travellin’ set of pipes.

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Are you saying that owners of penny chanters don,t care if they lose them or not ?

Hope you pick up some nice tunes in India!!!


RORY

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I find David Daye’s workmanship to be excellensia. Everything I’ve bought from him works (my second reed (2002) still plays just great) and works well, and I’ve heard the drones he’s working on. Talk about rich bass.

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Of course I’d be gutted to lose my penny chanter, but it is easier to replace than a hand turned Ebony one when pipemakers are so busy these days.

I have got the chanter working pretty well in very hot and humid conditions, I trimmed a bit off the end of the reed, glued a ‘rush’ up the staple and taped off the back d a litte. All on David’s advice from his booklet supplied with the chanter. Great to piping again (after recovering from jet lag). The back d seems more in tune in some tunes than in others though, so maybe more adjustment is needed.

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And don’t forget…don’t drink the water. Also, avoid fresh or boiled fruits. I’d stay from meats also. Vegetables are okay if they have been autoclaved. Avoid open and closed living spaces. Wear shoes at all times and don’t go into alleyways. Don’t drive yourself and I’d avoid taxis or busses. Walking can be dangerous so I’d quit that. Darn, India is so incredibly dangerous that I’d better just have a beer and lay down. And if you get the Bakshi two-step, Cipro is the drug to take.

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And beer is made from… water.

:astonished:

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…well…I guess that leaves whiskey. :smiley:

The distillation process should kill any beasties that may give you the ‘screaming meanies’…however, the whiskey may just bring them back. :laughing: