Reed Making Links

Last Updated 14 July, 2002


General Information

Dave Daye Reeds

http://daye1.com/reeds.html

Dave Daye - Grading Reed Hardness

http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/caneflot.html


Books

Reed-Making for Uilleann Pipers - Larry and Eddie Climo

http://www.swaup.org/

The following are available from NPU

http://www.pipers.ie/

“My Method” - Tim Britton

“The Piper’s Despair” - David Quinn

“The Uilleann Pipe Reedmaker's Guide - Dave Hegarty


Reed Making

Davy Stephenson

http://www.bagpipeworks.com/making_reeds.htm

Patrick O’Hare

http://www.geocities.com/uilleann_pipe_reeds/

Dave Daye (Original page)

http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/reedbook/upch_ins.html

Dave Daye Chamber Style Reeds

http://daye1.com/reeds/evertreed.html

Dave Daye Stabilized Reeds

http://daye1.com/reeds/tradreed.html

Seth Gallagher

http://www.uilleann.com/reeds.html

Evertjan 't Hart

http://home.planet.nl/~HartDD/Reed/reed.html

Michael Dooley

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~dooleypipes/Reed-Method.htm

Phillip Sexton 

http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/reedmake.html

NPU Reedmaker’s Guide

http://www.pipers.ie/en/login.lasso

Tom Kennedy

http://www.erinscall.com/

 

Reed Tuning/Adjustment

Charles Roberts - Chanter tuning

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~robertscharles/tunechanter.html

Charles Roberts - Drone tuning

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~robertscharles/tunedrones.html

Dave Daye tuning chart

http://daye1.com/reeds/reedadjust.html

Another Dave Daye tuning chart

http://daye1.com/reed_diag.html

UP Octave Trouble (Daye)

http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/upoctave.html

Seth Gallagher tuning chart (scroll down)

http://www.uilleann.com/reeds.html

Oiling Reeds

http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/oilreed.html

Michael Dooley tuning section (scroll down)

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~dooleypipes/Reed-Method.htm

The "McWick" UP Demand-Driven Reed Humidifier

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~emacpher/pipes/humid/humid.html


Plastic Reeds

Make Chanter-Reeds for the Uilleann-Pipes from Yogurt Containers.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/4915/reed.htm

Casey Burns

http://kendaco.telebyte.com/cburns/reeds.htm

Dennis Havlena

http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/yoplait.htm

Dave Daye

http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/plastrd.html


Custom Reed Making Services

Allan Moller

http://www.rhyd2.fsnet.co.uk/

Tom Kennedy

http://www.erinscall.com/

 

Where to Buy Reedmaking Supplies

NPU

http://www.pipers.ie/

Celtic Fire (scroll down)

http://www.celticfire.com/Accessories/accessories.html

Seth Gallagher (scroll down)

http://www.uilleann.com/reeds.html

Tim Britton

http://www.skep.com/britton/tools.htm


Synthetic reed Materials/Reed Treatments

Fibracell

http://www.fibracell.com/

Legere Reeds

http://www.legere.com/

PEG - Spectrum Chemicals

http://www.spectrumchemical.com/