Composite Drone Reed Maintenance Overview
I have been working with ‘composite’ drone reeds (metal body/cane tongue) in my Uilleann Pipes since around the mid 90’s. I find […]
Category: Maintenance
Instructions for Re-Tonguing Composite Drone Reeds
Materials that you will need: A Bass saxophone reed or Bass Clarinet reed soft grade. A tenor Sax reed is also acceptable […]
Instructions for Tuning Composite Drone Reeds
The following guidelines apply generally to tuning all kinds of drone reeds. a) The shorter the tongue the higher the pitch. b) […]
Chanter Reed Maintenance Overview
Keeping your Uilleann reeds in tune is both a challenge and a necessity. Cane is an organic material and as such will […]
Parts of a Drone Reed
There are generally only five problems that commonly arise. 1. ‘Clapping’, i.e. the reed closes shut with the result that there is […]
Drone Stock Safety
It is essential that the Drone Stock is not in any danger of falling out of the Drone Stock Cup. The ‘Drone […]
Mouth Aperture
Mouth Aperture As previously explained your reed can either close up or open up as a result of changes in ambient heat […]