For those of you who do not have a stop key for you chanter, what is the best and quickest way to shut off the air supply to the chanter (short of removing the chanter from the bag)?
t
Tommy, use one of those extra hands you seem to posses to stop the flow. Didn’t know Geneticly Modified pipers were being produced in the US.
…sssshhhhhhhh!
Truth be known, it was a highschool science experiment that went really, really wrong.
The cu$tom tailoring i$ killing me.
t
I built a stop valve from a very small (smallest it comes) 1/4 turn ball shutoff valve from the hardware store. I even got it to cosmetically match the rest of my set…
fold the neck of the bag back over on itself (in toward you) and clasp firmly (not toooooo tight) with one hand. This might not work with vinyl, but it’s leak free on my leather bag.
this doesn’t work at all with my leather bag.
…uh…stop pumping and squeezing… 
Say Tom, did you figure out which thingy went into which hole on the set of yours…I mean, there.s so MANY holes in that mainstock…
“Math is hard!” -Barbie
a “thingy” in the mainstock? must be one of those newfangled “drone key shifters” that recent set of ebay pipes had
can you post a picture of that set up please?
Jeff
Folding the neck of the bag only works with leather bags. What you can try is a carpenter’s clamp and two short pieces of wood - it’s not pretty but it works.
how’s this? i ground off the chrome parts so it would match, trimmed it and installed the bag interface (two pieces nested tubing), replaced the handle with something much smaller, plugged the other end with wood, then drilled it for a chanter interface (stained to match).
I just leave it in the bag as if it were part of it…
…neat. I’m going to make me one of those.
Davey wrote:
Say Tom, did you figure out which thingy went into which hole on the set of yours…"
Yes. And now we are a family of three 
t
I’ve implemented several major modifications on this nice Rogge chanter that a kind soul has lent me. The modifications involved drilling several large holes, adding a few feet of copper tubing, a small electric fan for cooling and some LED’s and, oh wait, it already has a stop key. Oops.
Hmmm, time to get the wood putty out.
that’s pretty slick, thanks for posting the pix.
Jeff
[quote=“misterpatrick”]I’ve implemented several major modifications on this nice Rogge chanter that a kind soul has lent me. The modifications involved drilling several large holes, adding a few feet of copper tubing, a small electric fan for cooling and some LED’s and, oh wait, it already has a stop key. Oops.
Wowsers…with all the tape and crud up the bore I’m surprised you didn’t need to install a bigger electrical panel for that bugger…
" on this nice Rogge chanter that a kind soul has lent me. The modifications involved drilling several large holes, adding a few feet of copper tubing, a small electric fan for cooling and some LED’s and, oh wait, it already has a stop key. Oops. "
…heart…pounding…
…room spinning…
…floating above body
…looking down tunnel…
t
Well, it was tight in there so I had to run power from a car battery on the floor. But when you see the LED’s running up and down the chanter corresponding to each finger, man is it worth it. Finally, I can watch my fingering in the dark. It’s like ELO’s spaceship from their 80’s stageshow is in my hand. It’s Technilleann.
And Tom, just don’t go into the light and everything will be alright.
If the intake tube to your chanter top is flush with the edge it’s easy to add a valve to the wooden button thingy at the top. All you need is brass tubing, thin cork sheeting, a hacksaw, file, epoxy and cork grease. Such a valve has been independently invented by several people, including me. Wally Charm published drawings for it in Iris na bPiobaire in Winter 1995., and if you’re a member you can still get it as a back issue.
What type of capacitors and resistors do you use? What colour are the LED’s? I find the green ones cause way too much interference through the mic and the red ones I have no trouble with at all. I have created purple ones though… more indigo I guess… which are very pretty… they remind me of hindu votives and airport runways… I don’t know why? I also find Optima batteries to be the most effective regarding the weight/output ratio. I used to use Sears but now realise that they sapped reed juice as well as putting my back out.
Judge.
…you guys are just plain sick, SICK I say! Keep up the good work.