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Category Archive: Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning

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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How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 3: Your Chanter)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 3: Your Chanter)

Aug 07, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning, Uncategorized 6

Today's post is Part 3 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 2: Your Drones)

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 2: Your Drones)

Aug 05, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning 16

Today's post is Part 2 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

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound

Aug 03, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning 3

One of the great joys of piping is the experience of playing when the fullness and resonance of your bagpipe sound is at its full potential. It is also one of the greatest challenges of piping, as it...
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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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Making Your Pipes Easy to Play

Making Your Pipes Easy to Play

Apr 29, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning, Videos 21

When you watch a top piper, they make it look so easy. Brilliant, rich tone, sparkling, clear technique, and masterful expression. A mark of the true professional is how they perform with such ease...
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Selecting and Adjusting Pipe Chanter Reeds

Selecting and Adjusting Pipe Chanter Reeds

Apr 05, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Featured, Special Offers, Tone & Tuning, Videos 46

Today's focus: Selecting and Adjusting Pipe Chanter Reeds Today's lesson includes two video demonstrations, the first on selecting a good pipe chanter reed and the second on adjusting the strength of...
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