How many Uilleann pipers are in England

Subject: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 02:21 PM

Just wondered how many Uilleann Pipers we have in England.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Oaklet
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 02:25 PM

100!

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 02:26 PM

Now how do you know that Oaklet?

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 03:20 PM

That's easy Les because there are 99 others besides Mike Ryan.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: gnu
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 03:52 PM

It's actually 67 as Oak is lysdexic.

Squeeze'r hard!

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Micca
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 05:23 PM

some would say mention Mike Ryan and there are NO others (well, not of any significance anyway)

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 05:25 PM

too many

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 05:36 PM

Who's Mike Ryan?
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 06:58 PM

When you get three Uillean pipers at an Irish Session playing Modal Jigs In D for a solid hour , there are DEFINATELY too many !!

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: gnu
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 07:51 PM

Jim... google "Cara". DAMN fine musicians.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 07:56 PM

Jim, Mike Ryan is a piper who plays (or played?) with Cara, a trio from somewhere around east Yorks, north Lincs. According to Micca, it seems he's the best, and pipers like like Nick Scott (Last Night's Fun) and Paul Brennan (various bands, played on Gangs of New York soundtrack, played at the BBC Proms with the Royal Phil, etc) are simply not significant.*G*

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 03:00 AM

Well I hope Mike Ryan hasn't stopped playing with Cara, you have some very early info there Peter, especially as they played at my club last Friday :-)

Here is the link to Cara

http://www.carasmusic.com/

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 03:46 AM

5

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Gedpipes
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 03:52 AM

sorry its not 5 its 6
Blue skies

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: the one
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 10:19 AM

only 7 that can. d deegan is one of them.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 11:41 AM

My mate, Robert White, who plays with New Scorpion Band (he also played on soundtrack of Gangs of New York, but whether he was playing pipes or something else, I'm not sure. I think he played pipes on the Shipping News soundtrack too) - mind you, he plays quite a few instruments....

BAGPIPES

•   HIGHLAND PIPES, AKA PIOB MHOR, WAR PIPES
•   NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES (G AND F)
•   BRETON BINIOU KOZ
•   MEDIEVAL PIPES
•   ENGLISH PIPES
•   RENAISSANCE PIPES
•   UNION PIPES, AKA UILLEANN PIPES, IRISH PIPES
•   GIADA, BULGARIAN PIPES (SINGLE REED)
•   GIATA GIEALA, SPANISH (GALICIAN) PIPES
•   DUDY, EASTERN EUROPEAN PIPES (SINGLE REED)
•   FRENCH PIPES
•   DUTCH PIPES
•   MORROCAN PIPES(SINGLE REED)
•   WELSH PIOBGORM (SINGLE REED) HORNPIPE
•   LOWLAND PIPES (CAULD WIND PIPES)

FLUTES

•   BANSURI, INDIAN ALL SIZES PICCOLO TO BASS
•   CHINESE MEMBRANE
•   BALINESE
•   IRISH FLUTE, AKA 19TH CENTURY WOODEN
•   BAROQUE FLUTE
•   FIFES, VARIOUS SIZES
•   ZAMPONAS
•   QUENAS, AKA SOUTH AMERICAN END BLOWN
•   SHAKUHACHI, JAPANESE END BLOWN
•   NEY, TURKISH / ARABIC OBLIQUE BLOWN (SUFI)
•   CAVAL, BALKAN OBLIQUE BLOWN
•   RECORDERS
•   FLAGEOLETS (WOODEN AND METAL)
•   TIN WHISTLES, ALL SIZES, PICCOLO F TO G BASS (3ft LONG)
•   KEYED FLAGEOLET
•   KOGI, COLOMBIAN
•   PANPIPES

SHAWMS ETC

Double Reeds

•   MEDIEVAL
•   RENAISSANCE
•   BRETON BOMBARDE
•   SOUTHERN INDIAN BARITONE SIZE SHANAI
•   NEPALESE SHANAI
•   INDIAN SHANAI
•   INDIAN SNAKE CHARMING PIPES
•   GYARLINGS, TIBETAN (AKA CHINEESE TRUMPETS)
•   ZUNAR, TURKISH (MILITARY AND COMMON)
•   TAROTA (KEYED CHROMATIC) SPANISH
•   GRALLES
•   CHINESE, THAT VARIOUS SIZES
•   RAUSCHPFIPEN
•   CRUMHORNS
•   RACKETTS
•   CURTAL / DULCIAN

Single Reeds

•   TURKISH CLARINET
•   DUDUK ARMENIAN (ALL SIZES AND BASS)
•   MEY (LARGE DUDUK - TURKEY)
•   CHALUMEAU (PRIMITIVE CLARINET)

BRASS

•   CORNET
•   CORNETTO
•   TRUMPET
•   FLUGELHORN
•   TENOR HORN
•   FRENCH HORN
•   EUPHONIUM
•   SERPENT
•   BBb TUBA
•   Eb TUBA
•   RADONS (TIBETAN LONG TRUMPETS)

VARIOUS

•   BODHRAN IRISH DRUM
•   HAND DRUMS
•   TIBETAN DRUMS
•   SINGING BOWLS AND BELLS
•   KANGLING, THIGHBONE TRUMPET
•   JAW HARP
•   DIDGERIDOO
•   JUG

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 01:05 PM

Anybody beat that?

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: greg stephens
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 03:44 PM

I dont think I've tried all those, so I'm not sure if I can play them or not.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 07:15 PM

Jim Carrol...click on the blue clicky that the Villan has added to the thread and click on MUSIC...have a listen to "The Faerie Queen" in which Mike Ryan(Uillean pipes) and Dave Oakley (fiddle) play in such sync that you cannot tell pipes from violin....My favourite track of their music. I have all three of their CDs and play them often. Great stuff. Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 21 Jun 06 - 04:43 PM

Some beautiful playing there, but I have to disagree. With headphones, it's easy to hear that the violin is off to the left, and the pipes off to the right. They are perfectly in sync though....

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 22 Jun 06 - 02:34 AM

Are ' Cara ' taking over from where ' Punch The Horse ' left off ?

Overdoing things has an adverse effect.

eric

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 22 Jun 06 - 06:14 AM

Don't really think anyone is taking over from anyone in the Folk world...I thought there was room for all! Perhaps they are great in their own right and we should not try to make comparisons. Why do you feel you should make a comparison?
Best wishes, MIke.

Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 22 Jun 06 - 05:52 PM

Herds of the little squeekers gather together every month in Manchester for a geek fest the topics including how to
..Select cane for reeds
..Humidity and reeds
..Reed tool techniques
..Make your own Reeds in a hundred easy lessons.
Enough geek mockery .
I think there are hundreds of Uillean players but they dont get out much as they are all too busy making reeds!
Mike McGoldrick plays the Uillean pipes and sounds great.