New pipes!!!

**beloitpiper** · 4th May 07, 03:50 PM

So, I got finished building my new David Daye Uilleann pipes. Black chanter with a real leather bag...SOOOOO nice. Step 2: learn how to play. It takes a lot of work to use the bellows! Maybe I just haven't sealed the thing up completely. I'll go over it tonight and check the seals. I think the most difficult part will be learning the new fingerings. Shouldn't be too bad, but I know to get sounding good enough for a session, it'll take a lot of work!

If anybody knows a uilleann instructor in Galway, let me know!!! I've already got lessons set up in Madison, I just need a tutor for when I'm living in Ireland.

Pictures to come soon.

**cessna152towser** · 4th May 07, 03:52 PM

Congratulations, you will be deloited with them. I hope you will post some pictures once you start playing them.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 4th May 07, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

, you will be deloited with them..

My GHB instructor has a practice set (not sure by who) but he has expressed the difficulty. Best of luck!

**McMurdo** · 4th May 07, 04:11 PM

That is great, congrats.

**Kiltedfirepiper** · 4th May 07, 05:29 PM

as far as the bellows goes, when I played some small pipes ( with belows) I found it was easier to remember to lift my arm up and squeeze by taking a breath and blowing it out as you would with a GHB.....if you can understand that ! but try this...
pretend your holding a GHB under your arm "air pipes" and start fingering a tune, and I bet you'll notice that your "bag arm" starts to squeeze, now pretend your blowing into the blowpipe.........did your bag arm raise up a little? bet a bag of chips it did! so just transfer that over to the bellows

every time you take a breath in pull your bellows arm out to fill it up, when you blow out squeeze the bellows.

give it a shot and let me know what happens

KFP