Chris, John, Dru & others
In no particular order:
* I set my Korg DA 30 to 446 using the calibration button and take it
from there
* I've got a chanter in for overhaul at the moment and have just seen
the top B rise in pitch bt 20 cents by moving a plunger in from
10mm to 25mm
* My solo pipes are happy playing at 458 which is well on the way to
F# but when I do Em tunes I tune drones to a reasonably
happy compromise between fingered B and bottom E. To keep in
acceptable tune with these drones I find I am playing at 454. I
keep it all as relaxed as possible and "Bonny at Morn", "Peter
Bailey's Pig" etc sound good to my ears.
* When I retune my small D drone from the 5th its G drones postion to
the tonic for D tunes I find that it needs sharpening a tad for
tunes like "Flowers of the Forest" & "Top It Off" but flattening a
tad for softer tunes like "Water of Tyne" & "March of the King of
Laoise". I don't necessarily advise this as a general principle but
for me it works in these differing situations where the nature of
the tune being played asks for a different amount of attack.
Can I add that these adjustments/observations hold true well after my
pipes are well settled down, have had a good 30min play in and reached
that alive, buzzing and and "up for anything stage" beneath the
fingers.
Cheers
Anthony
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