Practise reed for kabagaida chanter

[Magnus Ramstedt]

Hello,

Reading the previous posts from Gaidarn00b I came to think of something I have been wondering about for awhile. Can I order just any plastic practise reed and put it into my chanter, or does it have to be of any special tune, format, kind?

Can anyone recommend a good practise reed? My main problem is of course that I can't practise at home because playing with the complete gaida is not exactly appreciated by other people in the building. Therefore I am looking for a practise reed that is not too loud. Or does anyone have any other suggestion how I can practise at home without upsetting my neighbours?

Thanks in advance,

Magnus

[Цветелин Андреев]

Hi Magnus,

We are working on that and I hope we will have a practice chanter soon.

Cvetelin Andreev
+359 889 651 656 

http://www.kabagaida.com 

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[Magnus Ramstedt]

Ahh so that is what you need the 3D model for?

/Magnus

[Цветелин Андреев]

It is a secret project for now :)

Cvetelin Andreev
+359 889 651 656 

http://www.kabagaida.com 

[Dimitar Vassilev]

Hi Magnus in short try measuring your Bulgarian reeds and get similar carbon ones as dimensions. As a pitch - should be the highest possible key of your bagpipe ( e.g high B for E key kaba) when you blow it without anything. Get/use a tuner.

You can even try and make some from carbon. Some local crafters tried selling a carbon reed for 50 euro which for me is a stint.

Even if you get a plastic Scottish in G, doesn't matter, just get it and play. It will not be the same as having the bells and whistles on, but will help you keep the pace.

If you have a spare gaidunitza you can try fitting the plastic reed there. If too loose, roll some threads and game on.

Regards,

Dimitar

2014/1/7 Kaba Gaida on behalf of Magnus Ramstedt <kaba...@googlegroups.com>

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[Gaidarn00b]

Hi Magnus,

Personally, i have same exact problem as you, lots of neighbours around. Plastic GHB chanter does works, but is not in tune even with my high pitched Djura, probably will be pretty off for your Kaba.  Also, GHB chanter has much smaller opening than Kaba/Djura gaidunitsa, so you´ll need make it fit somehow - i just wrapped it with any thread i found at home.

Its quieter, but not that much. I have two different plastic reeds, the one which is quieter sounds like 70 percent of volume that original gaida reed puts out, that tapered bore amplifies everything.

You can make super quiet reed from drinking straw though, if you can make fitting part out of wood or the like and then fixing straw to it. Just close the top straw hole somehow and cut a tongue lengthwise. You can tune it lower by increasing the cut length, or up by decreasing it. I am gonna try it too :-)

Greetings,

Gaidarn00b 

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