If you've got an extra 30 minutes, I'll show you how you can make a big difference to your reed making success (for a range of chanters). #RollingStaples #UilleannPipeReeds #ReedMaking
0:59 Why bother?
1:40 What you'll need
8:31 Annealing the copper
9:15 Preparing the blank
15:00 Rolling
17:20 Discussion of mandrel
18:26 Rolling (concluded)
20:40 Forming the eye
21:45 Flattening mandrel digression
22:53 Eye (concluded)
26:00 Sample dimensions and effect of staple size
For more video examples of how to do this, visit Na Píobairí Uilleann's media archive at pipers.ie and search for The Heart of The Instrument series: Benedict Koehler https://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=135
Geoff Wooff https://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=137
