You should check that the reed isn't loose in its socket.A slight leak there is
a first class speaker. Also check that the reed isn't touching the inside of the
stock ever so slightly. Another check you could make is for foreign bodies under
the upper keys. I once got a piece of bag fluff under my
Following on from what Philip and others have said, (and having also
encountered this problem), I have found three possible causes in my
own blunderings.
Operator error - either key strike technique itself, or inadvertently
shifting the fingers of the left hand over other holes as the E key
is
Hi Julia, and all the others who have offered help,
Thanks for all your suggestions. One thing has improved overall
play-ability: I sealed with white glue some separation (air leakage) between
the blades of the chanter reed near the hemp line. The problems with E key
have diminished but not totall
On 8 May 2006, Sam Edwards wrote:
> What is the jacuzzi leak detection method?
Take the chanter out of the stock, remove the reed, make sure
everything's oiled.
Attach a length of plastic tubing to the top end of the chanter (beer
siphon type tubing or something like that). With your fingers
PS. I should have said "immerse in a suitable container OF WATER"
Sorry - senior moment.
Julia
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Hi All
The chanter squeak thrread has been very interesting.
Am I right in presuming that the same thinking and ideas apply to a G chanter
with the same sort of problem?
Guy Tindale
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