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Category Archive: Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Uncategorized

A Piper’s Worst Nightmare (it could happen to you!)

A Piper’s Worst Nightmare (it could happen to you!)

Mar 18, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Uncategorized 8

A student sent me these photos of his recent misfortune. It can happen in an instant but is easily preventable, too.  
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How to build your own ultimate water trap

How to build your own ultimate water trap

Feb 24, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Uncategorized, Videos 16

An effective moisture control system makes it easier to get your pipes tuned and keep them in tune for the duration of your performance or practice session. Today's video shows how you can build your...
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Why (and how) you should wash your drone reeds.

Why (and how) you should wash your drone reeds.

Sep 27, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Videos 11

Washing your drone reeds? Really? Yes! Today's post features two high-definition video demonstrations on the important yet often overlooked topic of washing drone reeds. It's not quite as simple as...
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How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 7: The Environment)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 7: The Environment)

Sep 13, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 2

Today's post is Part 7 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...
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How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 6: Steady Pressure)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 6: Steady Pressure)

Sep 01, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 9

Today's post is Part 6 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...
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How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 5: Moisture Control)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 5: Moisture Control)

Aug 13, 2013 Jori Chisholm Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 15

Today's post is Part 5 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...
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How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 4: Your Reeds)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 4: Your Reeds)

Aug 10, 2013 Jori Chisholm Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning, Videos 8

Today's post is Part 4 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...
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What smartphone apps do you use to enhance your piping?

What smartphone apps do you use to enhance your piping?

Jun 05, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, Equipment & Gear, Self-Recording, Tone & Tuning 10

Do you have an iPhone or Android or Blackberry smart phone?  Have you discovered any apps that you can use to enhance your piping?  Please share your suggestions in the comments below. Here are a...
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Improve your sound and extend the playing life of your reed by controlling moisture.

Improve your sound and extend the playing life of your reed by controlling moisture.

May 31, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 4

Every piper will enjoy piping even more when they are playing a well-selected, well-tuned, broken-in, comfortable-to-play pipe chanter reed.  Reeds are made from cane -- a natural material -- which...
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The only cure for spinning hemp.

The only cure for spinning hemp.

May 29, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning, Videos 14

Pipers know that when a joint becomes too loose the solution is to add a few wraps of waxed hemp or dental floss. But what do you do when the hemp completely separates from what it is attached to?  
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