Comments on: HOWTO make a set of junk-bagpipes http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kraut http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1643059 kraut Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1643059 I'm sure there's plenty of crap in hot dog, but I'm sure there's precious little oatmeal and sheeps lungs in hotdogs...  I’m sure there’s plenty of crap in hot dog, but I’m sure there’s precious little oatmeal and sheeps lungs in hotdogs… 

]]> By: the damned fool http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1642619 the damned fool Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1642619 And now, for you, a video of a guy playing a recorder and plastic bag-pipes on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzh4VLLD5RI And now, for you, a video of a guy playing a recorder and plastic bag-pipes on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzh4VLLD5RI

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1642207 chris coreline Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1642207 i have met dozens of pipers in Dublin i have yet to meet a single piper in Dublin. FYI i have met dozens of pipers in Dublin
i have yet to meet a single piper in Dublin. FYI

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1642206 chris coreline Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1642206 how he managed to get two octaves out of PVC is pure witchcraft, id complain about tuning, but getting any semblance of that reel out of real pipes, let alone junk is an achievement.  how he managed to get two octaves out of PVC is pure witchcraft, id complain about tuning, but getting any semblance of that reel out of real pipes, let alone junk is an achievement. 

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1642205 chris coreline Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1642205  yerp, and there mostly terrible for various reasons, one of which slightly involves espionage. seriously, if you buy one instrument from Pakistan buy a Bodhrán, they are about £20 and they play like £500,  yerp, and there mostly terrible for various reasons, one of which slightly involves espionage.
seriously, if you buy one instrument from Pakistan buy a Bodhrán, they are about £20 and they play like £500,

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641983 awjt Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641983 How'd I know? How’d I know?

]]> By: Syn - http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641964 Syn - Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641964 is it just me or these sounds oddly like something 8 bit? I love it! is it just me or these sounds oddly like something 8 bit? I love it!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641856 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641856 <blockquote>Bagpipes are hard as fuckall to play well.</blockquote>Not that that stops anyone.

Bagpipes are hard as fuckall to play well.

Not that that stops anyone.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641849 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641849 Pakistan is well on its way to becoming the top bagpipe-producing country in the world.  It's a fact. Pakistan is well on its way to becoming the top bagpipe-producing country in the world.  It’s a fact.

]]> By: ryuthrowsstuff http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641807 ryuthrowsstuff Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641807 I remember sesame street doing a segment on making a Tuba from PVC pipe, the plastic cone from a washing machine and a cheap mouth piece. I remember sesame street doing a segment on making a Tuba from PVC pipe, the plastic cone from a washing machine and a cheap mouth piece.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641773 Dlo Burns Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641773 Eh, add nutmeg and it's basically minimally processed hotdog. Eh, add nutmeg and it’s basically minimally processed hotdog.

]]> By: Nell Anvoid http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641718 Nell Anvoid Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641718 Well, we now know what Hell will be like for you should you end up there. Well, we now know what Hell will be like for you should you end up there.

]]> By: Jeremy Pickett http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641710 Jeremy Pickett Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641710 12 or 13 years ago i found a guy that had made a set of uilleann pipes out of plastic tubing.  to create a semblance of a tapered bore instead of reaming them out like you do with wooden bagpipes, he cut the the ends increasingly large (but outer bore of the smaller piece the same as the inner bore of the larger piece) at angles. when assembled he had a chanter that apparently could play two octaves in relatively in tune. :sigh: i want my shop back so i can build things again. 12 or 13 years ago i found a guy that had made a set of uilleann pipes out of plastic tubing.  to create a semblance of a tapered bore instead of reaming them out like you do with wooden bagpipes, he cut the the ends increasingly large (but outer bore of the smaller piece the same as the inner bore of the larger piece) at angles.

when assembled he had a chanter that apparently could play two octaves in relatively in tune.

:sigh: i want my shop back so i can build things again.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641689 awjt Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641689 But I bet you like haggis. But I bet you like haggis.

]]> By: Spinkter http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641663 Spinkter Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641663 Have to say that whoever that is playing them is pretty good. Excellent ornamentation. Bagpipes are hard as fuckall to play well. Have to say that whoever that is playing them is pretty good. Excellent ornamentation. Bagpipes are hard as fuckall to play well.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641649 Dlo Burns Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641649 Let me just state I hate everyone who will attempt to do this, and anyone who plays a real bagpipe, and most of all I have unending hatred for anyone who plays bagpipes in a parade. Let me just state I hate everyone who will attempt to do this, and anyone who plays a real bagpipe, and most of all I have unending hatred for anyone who plays bagpipes in a parade.

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641623 aperturehead Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641623 Good bagpipes don't get you laid Bad bagpipes don't get you laid. There is no difference between the two Good bagpipes don’t get you laid
Bad bagpipes don’t get you laid.

There is no difference between the two

]]> By: Aurvondel http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641622 Aurvondel Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641622 In the 90s I made a droneless bagpipe using a franzia 5-liter wine bag, a susato ABS whistle (with a little extra pvc), and reeds cut from a yogurt container. What I always wanted to try was a double-chanter one, maybe using a tabor pipe for the second chanter (or making my own) but I lost interest in the experiment. In the 90s I made a droneless bagpipe using a franzia 5-liter wine bag, a susato ABS whistle (with a little extra pvc), and reeds cut from a yogurt container. What I always wanted to try was a double-chanter one, maybe using a tabor pipe for the second chanter (or making my own) but I lost interest in the experiment.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641617 awjt Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641617  Nice.  Nice.

]]> By: Nell Anvoid http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641612 Nell Anvoid Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641612 How can one tell the difference between good bagpipes and lousy bagpipes???? How can one tell the difference between good bagpipes and lousy bagpipes????

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641584 aperturehead Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641584 This is nice (and it sounds wonderful!) BUT I'm going to hold out for a PVC pipe and plastic bag TUBA This is nice (and it sounds wonderful!)
BUT I’m going to hold out for a PVC pipe and plastic bag TUBA

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/howto-make-a-set-of-junk-bagpi.html#comment-1641559 Dan Hibiki Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209557#comment-1641559 why would you do that to innocent garbage bags? why would you do that to innocent garbage bags?

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