“vPipes-Uilleann is a unique electronic uilleann bagpipes emulator that uses revolutionary technology resulting in a hyper-realistic experience in terms of sound quality, fingering and ornamentations. It thus affords the possibility of practising accurately in a variety of situations that would prove impractical or impossible with a real set of pipes.”

ORDERING CLOSES JAN 15 for FIRST RUN

We are pleased to announce that the vPipes-Uilleann is now available to order.

Many thanks to all for having demonstrated a ‘saintly’ patience.

You are finally able to enter the realm of hyper-realism with the vPipes-Uilleann.

The market price for the vPipes-Uilleann is 1,290 Euros (net of local taxes and delivery).

The special launch price has been maintained at 980 Euros (net of local taxes and delivery).

In order to be included in this launch, orders must placed before the 15th January 2010. Limited to 1 unit per person.

The period during which the vPipes can be reserved opens on 21/12/2009 and closes on 15/01/2010.

The vPipes Project Team

(Via www.vpipes.com – Read Full Article.)

Musical instruments from recycled/reused materials designs by Chabieraas. Música con instrumentos de materiales reciclados/reutilizados Chabieraas y sus Plastic Fantastic Pipes.

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NEW PIPES AT RED PIPES – ELECTRONIC PIPES

Red Pipes – Electronic Bagpipes: “The Redpipe is an electronic bagpipe with various sounds and fingerings. The redpipe family is modeled  on original bagpipes from Scotland, France, Germany, Sweden and Spain. It is a bagpipe without tuning problems.

Connected to a standard amplifier the redpipe is a full instrument, which proved all its advantages on stage. So, the redpipe is not just another practice chanter.

Fingering and sounds can be combined by pressing a few buttons. No other components like sound generators or computers are necessary. The redpipe is transposable within a broad range. Depending on the model fingerings and sounds of various bagpipes can be adjusted.

Great Highland Bagpipe, French Cornemuse / Shepherd’s Pipe, Huemmelchen and Dudey, Medieval Bagpipe, Gaita , Pipa“

(Via Red Pipes.)

Highland pipes, like the ones the Forest area man makes in his workshop, are known to have a polarizing quality.

Several years ago a local band named an album ‘No One Cries When You Cut Up A Bagpipe.’

Like other pipers, Fisher has heard people say they’re not fans of the ancient instrument.

‘I think 90 per cent of them have not heard them played properly,’ he said ‘or taken the time to listen to them.’

Fisher began playing the bagpipes in 1998 and took over as pipe major of the Forest Legion Pipe Band in 2003.

He began down the road to making his own pipes after agreeing to look after overflow repairs for a friend who was a bagpipe maker.

‘He was at the point where he was overrun with work,’ Fisher said.

A millwright by trade, Fisher was looking for something to fill in the gaps when things were slow at his day job.”

(Via The Observer .)

November 11 marks Remembrance Day and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #46 will host the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony.

The day commemorates the sacrifices of armed forces members and civilians in times of war.

It is observed at 11 a.m. Nov. 11, which is the date of the end of the First World War.

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The bagpipe featured on this month’s cover is a rather recent skill acquired by Joanne Glover. The 1969 graduate of the Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists was attending a memorial service in 2001. “As I listened and watched, the spirit of it moved me, so I spoke to the piper afterwards.”

She connected with a “teacher and supplier of all things bagpipes” and began a musical journey that led her to join a band called Creagan More.

“We perform in parades, graduations, and concerts,” she said.

RDH

http://nadishana.com Just testing new spanish bagpipe – fresh out of the box:) I traded it for the futujara. It’s elaborated and made by galician luthier Francisco Reguero.

FOR MANY people, a series of major life changes (and not just one) are required to create an entirely “new life”.

North Carolina native Bill Haneman arrived at his unlikely career utopia – making uilleann pipes for a living – in two stages. Twelve years ago he emigrated from the US to Skerries in north county Dublin with his wife and sister-in-law – that move across the Atlantic was change number one.

But having made that first leap of faith, he sensed that another change was required and so he subsequently made another brave leap into the unknown, ditching his job in the IT industry to become an instrument maker in 2007.

via Tuned in to a new way of life – The Irish Times – Tue, Jun 23, 2009.

First, let’s look at the quality of turning, etc. Naill pipes are very well turned indeed (some help from a CNC to profile the part, but combed/beaded by hand…very nicely I might add). ….

via The Diary Of A 20-Something Piper: The Most Overrated Bagpipe?.

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Bagpipe maker David Atherton makes a blowpipe in his Naperville workshop. Atherton says he works 12 hours a day, seven days a week making bagpipes.

In today’s market where most things, including bagpipes, are mass produced, Atherton is one of a comparative few artisans who creates every detailed facet of his instruments painstakingly by hand.

Atherton, 37, has been making Great Highland bagpipes for 13 years. He spent 12 years as one of two bagpipe makers with C.E. Kron & Company in New York before moving to Naperville in August and going into business for himself.

Read Full Article on Naperville Sun Website