Northern Triplepipe by Montisci & Brown: Ardchattan in G - No.9

[Rompacorpse]

i am from Ardchattan Priory (pronounced ardhattan) it was originally a French monastry founded in 1210.

[23021989g]

Hey Bazz. Great work with the old wooden pipes there man, just superb reaming technique. I've always wanted to know how to make twiglets make such beautiful noises. Excellent work all round.

[chehotrao]

The reason for using cane is the realisation that I have only one lifetime. Initially, I made an instrument from elder, but it failed me on a live BBC broadcast. By going to Luigi Lai's maker, I opted for an unbroken tradition of professional expertise, to give myself a head start making music. It has always been a dream of mine to play instruments made of elder - and perhaps wild rose for the 2 chanters. In Sardinia, the chanters are made from a different species of cane with a narrower bore.

[michaeljking]

I am really fascinated by these pipes, I heard a sound sample years ago that you played but this is really something else. Your journey in in creating these and reverse engineering from the Sardinian pipes is brilliant and inspiring, I am sure there is a reason for continuing using cane but but isn't elder wood a more suitable material for the pipes themselves? or is there some native reed?

[montisciluciano]

beautiful!

[Alosnup]

Thanks to submit and to your great explanations.

launedas are one of the bagpipe wolrl most interesting instruments.

[bravygravy]

Do the locals say Ardh"tsch"attan or Ard"k"attan? I'd be inclined to say that the latter is more in keeping with Gaelic convention.

[chehotrao]

Thank you for alerting me to that. The locals say Ard"h"attan - between "h" of hotel and "ch" of loch.