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How many Uilleann pipers are in England

19 Jun 06 - 02:21 PM (#1763867)
Subject: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener

Just wondered how many Uilleann Pipers we have in England.


19 Jun 06 - 02:25 PM (#1763875)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Oaklet

100!


19 Jun 06 - 02:26 PM (#1763879)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener

Now how do you know that Oaklet?


19 Jun 06 - 03:20 PM (#1763923)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver

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


19 Jun 06 - 03:52 PM (#1763952)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: gnu

It's actually 67 as Oak is lysdexic.

Squeeze'r hard!


19 Jun 06 - 05:23 PM (#1764010)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Micca

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


19 Jun 06 - 05:25 PM (#1764011)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST

too many


19 Jun 06 - 05:36 PM (#1764022)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST

Who's Mike Ryan?
Jim Carroll


19 Jun 06 - 06:58 PM (#1764083)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Leadfingers

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


19 Jun 06 - 07:51 PM (#1764114)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: gnu

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


19 Jun 06 - 07:56 PM (#1764124)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Peter K (Fionn)

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*


20 Jun 06 - 03:00 AM (#1764353)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener

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/


20 Jun 06 - 03:46 AM (#1764376)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST

5


20 Jun 06 - 03:52 AM (#1764379)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Gedpipes

sorry its not 5 its 6
Blue skies


20 Jun 06 - 10:19 AM (#1764639)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: the one

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


20 Jun 06 - 11:41 AM (#1764709)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST

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


20 Jun 06 - 01:05 PM (#1764780)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Rasener

Anybody beat that?


20 Jun 06 - 03:44 PM (#1764907)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: greg stephens

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


20 Jun 06 - 07:15 PM (#1765070)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver

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.


21 Jun 06 - 04:43 PM (#1765865)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Bunnahabhain

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....


22 Jun 06 - 02:34 AM (#1766223)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Dave Hanson

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

Overdoing things has an adverse effect.

eric


22 Jun 06 - 06:14 AM (#1766356)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: Georgiansilver

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.


22 Jun 06 - 05:52 PM (#1766940)
Subject: RE: How many Uilleann pipers are in England
From: GUEST,Guest

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.