
The Staredown ~Twisted Hemp, week 6
Pipes are nigh on impossible to keep in tune. Especially in winter! John Joe, and so many like him, take to more magical ways of dealing with temperamental reeds…..
Like a good, long stare. That should do it, yes? Yes.
*I have heard it said that the great Liam O’Flynn would do this on occasion when a reed was acting up. He would remove it from the chanter, take a long hard look at it, and then put it gently back into place without saying a word. Miraculously, the reed would then be in tune. But of course it would. No reed would misbehave long for Liam O’Flynn.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMvBnEvuBuA
Funny, I just heard about Benedict Koehler doing just that to someone’s reed, with the very same result!
It must be a magical trick indeed!!!!!