On 9 Jan 2008, at 22:09, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
but would it be possible to lower the pitch of a chanter by narrowing the bore and, conversly, raise the pitch by widening the bore?
Richard’s suggestion . . . spreading the finger-hole positions and widening the bore . . would certainly result in a chanter that is more comfortable to play when conventional positions feel cramped. I believe this was the approach adopted by Andy and Stan May in their G chanter design, with brilliantly successful results. A wider bore will also produce a more powerful tone, wonderful from the hands of Andy, but perhaps less welcome from a beginner looking for ‘social playing with other pipers’, the situation which Helen’s enquiry was originally about.
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