Crossing the Minch and other tunes

5/4/24

[@mccypr]

Thanks! 🎻🙂✌️😎

[@mccypr]

I can’t seem to keep my Bag pressure like that. 🤔

[@abbaralph2011]

Can you make a video of yourself playing and I can take a look?

[@abbaralph2011]

Also, would want to make sure the joints are nice and right and there isn’t air leaking anywhere. Also I am not playing at a high pressure, I have the reeds really dialed into each other

[@mccypr]

@@abbaralph2011 🤣I haven’t actually ever made a video. Very nice of you to offer. You may see one from me out of the blue in the near future. I just finished reading a thread on a Bagpipes website. I took the advice there and tried completely closing the Bellows before opening it. Then I gently opened the Bellows before closing it again. I also only put very gentle pressure on the bag. It definitely worked. I used the Chanter and the Tenor Drone. Man! What a great sound!! I did this on my Celtic Carbony SSPs. They’re the easiest to play and are light. I have my Casey Pipes (in D) and my Morrison’s. I’m a little determined (and nuts?🤪) to learn these things. I absolutely love their sound! Thanks!

[@mccypr]

@@abbaralph2011 Ahhhhh! Reeds!😬😝🤨😂

[@abbaralph2011]

@@mccypr that sounds like a great plan, to start out a with one pipe at a time. I personally don’t make a point of totally compressing the bellows each time, kind of just do it as needed and how much needed. But that is just what I have developed for myself after years of playing beloows