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GENTLE MAIDEN CD
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"Enchanting, Relaxing, Fabulous!" Ivory has an angelic voice & a talent for weaving magic into a song. Get "Gentle Maiden" for yourself...turn it on...close your eyes and retreat from the world outside. A CD of serenity that will leave your spirit renewed...your mind refreshed and your heart rejoiced! ALSO FEATURES "FULL MOON" written specially for Full Moon events! As heard World-Wide on Celtic, Pagan and Folk Music Radio Stations!
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LICENSE TO KILT T-SHIRT! KNOCK 'EM OVER!
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LIcense to Kilt on front and Piper on the back. Black only. Large and X-Large.
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VIGNOLES PRACTICE SET
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THE ABSOLUTE FINEST, CUSTOM, HAND MADE TO ORDER FROM GALWAY, IRELAND, UILLEANN PRACTICE SET. SAVE OVER $100 THIS MONTH!!! Hand Made to order in IRELAND, Uilleann Bagpipe Practice Set consisting of a bag, bellows and chanter. Key Of D, Concert Pitch. Every set of pipes is custom made to order from top-quality materials to Michael's very exacting standards. Michael is one of the Premier Makers of Uilleann Pipes in the World...to own one of his sets is a privilege indeed! Materials Used Blackwood Chanter, Leather bag and bellows,(internally lined with vinyl to prevent porous leaks later ) Imitation ivory mounts.Brass Chanter Top. Delivery is typically 4 to 6 months or so.
These are hand made to order and shipping requires 10 to 16 weeks, most of the time. UPGRADE TO THE HALF SET AND SAVE EVEN MORE OFF THE REGULAR PRICING! Production time for the half set is 15 to 20 weeks. THIS PRODUCT IS PRICE SENSITIVE TO THE RISE OF THE EURO VS THE VALUE OF THE US DOLLAR. WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, YOUR PRICE IS LOCKED IN AND WILL NOT GO UP.
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COMPLETE VIGNOLES UILLEANN BAGPIPE SET
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WORLD'S BEST, HAND MADE IN GALWAY CITY, IRELAND, COMPLETE UILLEANN BAGPIPE SET. THIS MONTH'S ONLY BAGPIPE SPECIAL!!!! OWN YOUR OWN PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY. SAVE OVER $500.00 THIS MONTH! Hand made in a small shop in Galway City, Ireland by Michael Vignoles and his son. These are truly special UILLEANN BAGPIPES. Michael is an artist without comparison! His products are every bit as beautiful as the music he brings forth from them. We include Michael's own Ullieann Bagpipe CD...a masterpiece of Uilleann Piping. This is a full set of Blackwood pipes. This custom made-to-order set ncludes the bag, bellows, chanter, three drones and three regulators, along with two sets of reeds. Of course we include one of our excellent cases too. Every set of Uilleann Pipes is custom made to order, FOR YOU, from top-quality materials to Michael and son's very exacting standards.
This is not simply a great Uilleann Bagpipe Set, due to the extreme low volume, this is a piece of Piping Music Lore!
The workmanship is truly magnificent. Their availablity is limited.
All prices are in US Dollars.
As these are hand made in a very small shop in IRELAND, please allow 8 to 10 months for delivery. THIS IS METICULOUSLY HAND MADE IN IRELAND...WE PROMISE! THIS PRODUCT IS UNDER CONTINUOUS PRICE INCREASE PRESSURE DUE TO THE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR VS THE EURO. BUY NOW AND WE LOCK IN YOUR PRICE. This is a fleeting opportunity to have a set of Uilleanns made for you by the premier master of the Uilleann! Only a handful of these are made in a given year. Shipping is via International Express shipping from Galway City, Republic of Ireland.
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MAKING THESE BY HAND TAKES TIME AND LOVE. HEIRLOOM QUALITY.Reeds:
Years of experience and thousands of hand-fashioned
reeds have proved to Michael that reed from California gives the most
satisfactory results for his pipes. Each set of pipes has 7 reeds --
each one hand cut, shaped and precision-tuned for the instrument.
After cutting and shaping two
pieces of reed, they are bound together with special thread.
Reeds are then placed in the pipe and tuned carefully.
Creating a chanter
Top quality African Blackwood is the material of
choice for chanter and regulator pipes. In these photos you
see Michael pre-drilling a block of wood in preparation for reaming the
internal bore. Because the unique sound and accurate tuning of the
uilleann pipes is partly dependent on the pipes having a conical bore,
the precise angle of the reaming tool is key to
this step. The sound of the pipe is directly affected by the size
and shape of the internal bore.
Once the bore is reamed to Michael's satisfaction,
he turns down the external size of the pipe, adding decorative ridges,
and notches for the fittings. The brass and imitation ivory
end-fittings are added, then the pipe goes back on the lathe again for
final touches.
Keys
Every brass key on a set of
pipes is cut and shaped by Michael to exactly fit the pipes for the best
possible sound. Here he is shaping a chanter key against a sanding block
on the lathe, then fitting a key to the chanter. The action, or
movement, of the keys is extremely important to the playability of the
pipes. Each key is tested and adjusted so the action is consistent
across the instrument.
Main Stock
The "main stock," usually made of
cocobolo/rosewood or braziallian mahogony, is the heart of the uilleann pipes, joining together
chanter, regulators and bellows. Five channels are bored
through the main stock to allow air to pass between the pipes and
bellows. Accurately boring these channels is very important.
Bellows and Bag
The bellows, used to inflate the bag,
take a lot of air pressure so must be constructed with durability in
mind. Traditional pipe-making techniques have adapted over the
years to incorporate modern materials that give much greater
durability. The internal bladder of both the bellows and bag are
flexible rubber and leather, that will not leak, dry out or crack with
continued use.
The outer structure of the bellows
is also leather with Irish elm paddles. Michael adds his artistic
signature to the paddles with a variety of Celtic knotwork.
Piping between bellows and bag is a
combination of flexible tubing and brass joints. They
are joined together with traditional blackwax for a leak-proof, durable seal.
Fittings
Imitation ivory fittings are all turned
on the lathe to achieve precise fit and decorative profile.
MICHAEL VIGNOLES' UILLEANN PIPES...BELLOWS CLOSE UP.
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES' UILLEANN PIPES...PRACTICE SET.
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES' UILLEANN PIPES
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One
of the treasures of Irish traditional music, the Uilleann Pipes are a
wind-reed instrument that are only manufactured by hand. The word
"uilleann" is Irish Gaelic for "elbow." Unlike most other variations of
bagpipes, the Uilleann Pipes are inflated by means of a bellows,
operated by the elbow of one arm with the bag being held under the
other arm. The chanter is the main melody instrument and has a range of
two octaves. The drones, of which there are usually three -- base,
baritone and tenor -- when turned on, supply a continuous 'drone'
accompaniment to the melody. The regulators are keyed chanters, usually
three on a full set, which are operated by the musician when various
chords as accompaniment are required
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES UILLEANN LEATHER AIR BAG
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES HALF SET
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES FULL SET
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MICHAEL VIGNOLES UILLEANN CHANTER
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Q and A:
Hi Dave:
To answer your question about buying your wife Uilleann
pipes.
The Uilleanns are the most difficult to learn...and most
expensive. Whenever I look at a full Uilleann set I marvel at the fact these
were invented many hundreds of years ago without the benefit of our
technology.
Never purchase a full set with the intention of learning on a
full set. About once a year someone will insist they are supremely talented and
will order a full set. Ultimately they have many silly problems and wind up
shutting down the system to just the "practice set" part of it, to wit: The
chanter, air bag and bellows.
This brings me to the basics of learning to
play the Uilleann Bag Pipe.
A full practice set is the chanter, air bag
and bellows. This allows you to learn the technique of using a bellows and the
intricacies of the Uilleann chanter. H J Clarke, at the age of 15, developed a
new technique for learning the Uilleann and she bases her book on the employment
of a practice set. You should figure 18 months of practice on that, give or take
6 months.
We have added some smaller and/or less expensive practice set
ups from Pipers' Choice. So now, in addition to our practice set (which comes
with a near 100% trade up allowance) and the Michael Vignoles' practice set, we
have 3 Pipers' Choice options:
1. Bare Bones. This is a Uilleann Chanter
made of polypenco adopted for mouth blowing directly into the chanter.
2.
Mouth blown air bad and Chanter.
3. Bellows blown air bag and Chanter
(full practice set). This practice set uses a slightly smaller bellows to fill
the air bag and power the chanter. Unlike our practice set and the Vignoles
practice set, this set uses polypenco.
So please consider one of the 5
practice options as they way to begin. There are lead times on shipping for all
of them.
The Pipers' Choice usually ship from between 21 and 30 days. We offer ours on the basis of our production schedule and we post anticipated delivery dates with the listing of our practice sets. The Vignoles practice set runs about 8
weeks.
Sincerely,
Donovan
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