Yes, same thing exactly. One word about the cotton bud/plunger - if it's full of oil from oiling the bore, replace it. A soggy mass of cotton does odd things to the chanter sound. I had a couple of notes sounding "odd" and needing different pressure to get them to sound properly and, after a discussion on this list, replaced the cotton (which I hadn't known was there) which was saturated with aforementioned oil (together with a few years of lavender and almond oil as well) which corrected the problem with only a few minutes work. That sort of maintenance I like! Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: High A, high B notes on an F pitched NSP chanter
> Shades of liquid paraffin, but is a Q-Tip the same thing as a cotton bud? > > Dru > > > > Message Received: May 18 2007, 01:10 AM > > From: "Richard Shuttleworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: > > Subject: [NSP] Re: High A, high B notes on an F pitched NSP chanter > > > > > > Hello Sam, > > > > The short answer is no, it should not take more pressure to play the high A > > and B notes. Nor should you have to resort to carving the notes. > > > > The first thing to alter is how far the reed is pushed into the chanter. > > Pushing the reed further into the chanter seat will sharpen the high A and > > B. If necessary, unwind a couple of threads of binding from around the > > bottom of the reed to allow you to do this. 1 mm will make a big difference > > and this on its own should cure the problem. If you can't get the reed far > > enough into the chanter, you can file down the reed staple fractionally to > > allow the reed to fit deeper into the chanter seat (some makers produce > > chanters with a very shallow reed seat). If this fails to give the required > > results, you can play with the cotton plunger in the base of the chanter. > > The position of the cotton may have flattened the upper notes. > > Experimenting with the cotton plunger at various depths may correct the top > > notes. The use of the cotton plunger is really to correct false notes, so > > before messing about with it note its current position so that you can > > always put it back the way you found it. > > > > If you have a Burleigh chanter and you find that the sole plate has been > > glued in place, simply dip the end of the chanter into warm water for a few > > seconds to soften the glue. This will allow you to remove the chanter sole > > and give access to the cotton plunger. > > > > A simple way of experimenting with the depth of cotton plunger (because this > > is a bit of a trial and error sort of thing) is to use a Q-Tip. Pull out > > the old cotton plunger and push a Q-Tip a short way into the base of the > > chanter. Through trial and error, you can establish what is the correct > > depth and then simply cut off the unused section of the Q-tip and replace > > the sole. > > > > Don't reglue the sole plate, simply add a turn or two of cotton thread to > > the base of the chanter so that the plate is a comfortable push fit. > > > > Hopefully, you will not have to bother with the cotton plunger, simply > > pushing the reed further into the chanter should cure the problem. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Richard > > > > Sam Edwards wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > Is it normal to have to apply more pressure to the bag in order to play > > > the high A and B notes to pitch? All the other notes play nicely to pitch > > > with against the drones that get tuned perfectly to a blanced low and high > > > G. > > > > > > This is not just a little extra pressure, it is alot. Is it normal to > > > carve these high note holes to get them to pitch at the same pressure as > > > the lower notes? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sam Edwards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
