Re: Modern Concert Pitch Chanters

Adrian, Hi'. Would you be prepared to discuss your larger bore size further as I feel it might impact on my recent conclusions from my previous post?
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Silversmith wrote:Ok so at last some progress, I have yet to complete the next batch of test reeds but I decided to try rushing the chanter using a short length of 1mm copper wire at the top end of the chanter. This at last had the desired affect of evening out most of the difference between the high & low octave notes. I then added a couple of extra wraps of wire to the bridles which raised the pitch slightly but still leaving me 1" tongue length. There is still a little difference between the two octaves but I should now be able to undercut the lower tone holes slightly to bring them up to pitch. I will wait until I have tried the next batch of reeds & I will be happy to leave the wire inside the bore since it doesn't seem to be affecting tone. I will post the results once I know how the next batch of reeds respond. Strangely this whole process worked on both my G & D chanters so if I were going to make another chanter I would definately step bore the bores but I suspect a very slight taper might actually be better. If my concept is correct I will work on developing a tapered reamer if that is possible but in the mean time I will be hppy to just get these chanters playing.
pipemakermike wrote:Hi Richard etc
The interesting thing is that the tip to shoulder distance for the original reed was 46mm and my replacement was 52mm.
andymay wrote:Hi John,
Ah this explains EVERYTHING!