Uilliam- if you look at the pictures of the chanter head posted by chris bayley, you can see the “intake pipe” is on the same side as the stop key itself, meaning the key would be running down the BACK of the chanter. if you take a gander at tramaluk’s pics, you can the “intake pipe” is on the opposite side of the stop key itself, meaning the key would have to be running down the FRONT of the chanter… do ya see it? or am I crazy? Wait…don’t answer that…
So what I’m asking is: can the small top brass ring on the wood chanter top that is soldered to the “intake pipe” be rotated seperate from the whole chanter top, thus changing the orientation of the chanter stop key from the back to the front, or anywheres inbetween?
And…I don’t want to cut my hand open… just curious to see the design of keys that, as Chris Bayley mentioned, could do this. I can’t imagine how a maker could sell such a deadly design
Examples of keys that are (IMHO) too thin and could cause injury - they have been beaten from too small a section of bar and to get the width are down to a knife edge at the rear of the key.
This is not the set used by the piper who cut his hand - in this case the playing technique that caused him injury was sliding his hand across the Bass keys to reach the Baritone and Tenor - the key caught the back part of the hand.
And also the valve arrangement that allows you to put the stop key back, front or side
Hey Lordofthestrings… with regard to previous threads, I can’t help but to ask: does this mean that you still haven’t received the 3/4 set you had on order?!
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pardon my ignorance!! I get it now…
