Only Three More Days to the Bagpipe Nation!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Only a few days left until the launch of the live webcast/podcast “Bagpipe Nation.” Sign up now to listen live this Thursday Jan. 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Only a few days left until the launch of the live webcast/podcast “Bagpipe Nation.” Sign up now to listen live this Thursday Jan. 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Drone tuning is tricky business! For those of us that are new to the world of drone tuning, it can literally take 5 or more minutes to get our drones in tune! Even for more experienced tuners, I want to stress how important it is to take into consideration the changes that are happening to your chanter reed while you’re up there trying to get your drone reeds in tune.
It takes seven plus seven years to make a piper so it’s said, but why must it take ten years of accomplished activity at the highest level of competition, a lengthy exam, and the initial approval of an elite few to be a piping judge in the EUSPBA?