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Robert Reid was also active in making Union Pipes; the precursor to modern Uilleann pipes. Union pipes early-19th century keyed D-Chanter; by the pipe maker Robert Reid. Henry Clough (I) was known to play a Reid set of Union pipes including regulators; surviving parts of this set are now in private hands. [6]
A full set, as the name implies, is a complete set of uilleann pipes. This would be a half set with the addition of three regulators. These are three closed pipes, similar to the chanter, held in the stock. Like the drones, they are usually given the terms tenor, baritone, and bass, from smallest to largest.
The small drone goes between the blow pipe and the drone slightly towards the chanter. The second variant is found only in Radoviš and differs from the first in that the drone goes at the animal head while the chanter and the blow pipe are inserted at the legs. The small drone goes between the two legs.
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(On a double reed for a chanter) A strip of copper about 1 ⁄ 8 to 3 ⁄ 16 in (3.2 to 4.8 mm) wide and 2 in (51 mm) long with slanted edges used to control the aperture of the two blades of a reed. (On a reed single reed for a drone) A few winds of hemp or else some sort of elastic band to control the length and position of the vibrating tongue.
After that, there could still be a section (much shorter and less emphasized) about the practice/half/full set thing - but people looking for a general description of the uilleann pipes should get a description of the pipes in their full form, first and foremost. Then the section can be broken down into more detailed descriptions of each component.
The pastoral pipe (also known as the hybrid union pipes, organ pipe and union pipe) was a bellows-blown bagpipe, widely recognised as the forerunner and ancestor of the 19th-century union pipes, which became the uilleann pipes of today. [1] [2] [3] Similar in design and construction, it had a foot joint in order to play a low leading note and ...
William Talbot [1] was a 19th century player, teacher, repairer and builder of the Irish bagpipes, commonly known as the uilleann pipes, the characteristic national bagpipes of Ireland. In 1821 he played for King George IV [ 2 ] at the Dublin Theatre Royal when the King visited Dublin in August 1821. [ 3 ]