Marvin Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 have a puncture. Would I be alright to use a simple bicycle puncture repair kit? Or I was possibly thinking, one of those elbow patches for pullovers. All help gratefully received. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 You're taking the piss, aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 If you aren't taking the piss, I can help you, I'm a bagpipe maker. No you can't use a puncture repair kit, it won't do any harm but won't be up to the task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I would just like to state that I have nothing against bagpipes - having some scottish blood in me I actually get quite emotional when I hear them - a strange mixed up feeling of warm sentimentality & wanting to fight somebody. It was the using an "elbow patch for pullovers" bit that made me doubt the seriousness of his post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1325998956' post='1490851'] I would just like to state that I have nothing against bagpipes - having some scottish blood in me I actually get quite emotional when I hear them - a strange mixed up feeling of warm sentimentality & wanting to fight somebody. It was the using an "elbow patch for pullovers" bit that made me doubt the seriousness of his post. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 A friend of mine was asked by a co-worker (university librarian) why he couldn't repair his bag (his bagpipe bag) with an Elastoplst, it was "made from a sheep's stomach, is it not?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldflows Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 If bagpipes where made from sheeps stomachs they would be edible. Yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemonCello Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Personally, I find the 'porridge guns' a bit of an aquired taste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 [quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1327177198' post='1507554'] Personally, I find the 'porridge guns' a bit of an aquired taste! [/quote] If you ever visit Edinburgh during the tourie season and hear them Screeching and Squawking along Princes Street (the pipes, that is; not the touries!) that acquired taste would soon disappear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Uillean pipes. Proper. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs4qXI6_weA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs4qXI6_weA&feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1325998956' post='1490851'] I would just like to state that I have nothing against bagpipes - having some scottish blood in me I actually get quite emotional when I hear them - [/quote] I would also just like to echo that sentiment, even though I have no Scottish blood that I'm aware of and my emotions on hearing them are probably rather different to most Scots. I find that living in Hertfordshire is pretty safe as far as bagpipe audio exposure is concerned, though I'm looking forward to even tighter export controls if the Scots get the independence that Salmond craves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1329147835' post='1537821'] Uillean pipes. Proper. [/quote] You can see why wars were a bit of a problem for us. The guys at the front with the pipes really need to be standing up, preferably marching bravely forward. This sitting on a stool approach lacks something indefinable. Worse if you actually get up off the stool and try advancing, of course. Attacking crabwise is pretty unimpressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 In Macedonia, they make bagpipes out of whole goats. I saw someone playing one like this in Poland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImtjPPBSr8I Tip: if you're at work, don't go searching google for 'man blowing goat bagpipes' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1329157397' post='1538111'] In Macedonia, they make bagpipes out of whole goats. I saw someone playing one like this in Poland. Tip: if you're at work, don't go searching google for 'man blowing goat bagpipes' [/quote] You sure playing is what he's doing? Edited February 13, 2012 by fatback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 It's a popular miscoception that all bagpipes are A. loud and B.scottish Just about every country in Europe (and some beyond) has or had some form of bagpipe. The French claim a huge number of bagpipe species, Brittany alone has two indigenous types (you'll also hear Scottish and Irish pipes there too. Most other French regions have a native type of bagpipe This video is of a Musette Bechonnet (Central France in origin but widespread now) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yWq-UkC_ZQ&feature=related This picture is of a carving in my local church, dates to the mid 17th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ahhhh.... the thought of my neighbor's reaction to the sound of bagpipes coming from my flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 <<<This picture is of a carving in my local church, dates to the mid 17th century.>>> Get the cloven hooves. You can see what the general opinion was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 As far as we (bagpipe iconography nerds) know he's the only only goat legged piper that's been found so far. this sort of thing is far more common: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Point taken. Matter of fact, i used to play the bombarde. A sort of bagpipe in which you're the bag. Guaranteed apoplexy. i fully appreciated the bag in bagpipe after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've spent a lot of time around bombardes, the most aptly named instrument. I once made myself a binou, I just want to make some eardrums bleed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL-OkzdyP4Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Wow, that brings back memories. I can even still tell my plinn from my dro. Amazing instrumnents to hear outdoors. Carries for miles and miles. Is that you on binou? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 No, that's just a random clip I found on youtube. I posted a clip in the "post your playing videos" thread, third post. I'm playing low D border pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Which ones are the best for metal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) These: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYxxs37_PA&feature=related Edited February 14, 2012 by Dom in Somerset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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