Supplies, Tools, Books, Videos & CDs

 

SUPPLIES

•   Chanter cane (6" to 8", per tube)

$2

•   Drone cane (specify drone, per tube)

$1

•   Brass tubing for staples (3/16" OD x 12")

$2

•   *Brass strips for hand-rolled staples and collars (1"x12"x.020")

$1

•   Waxed Nyltex thread (25 yards, enough for 50 reeds)

$3

•   Dry flax (No. 10 shoe thread, for bridles and joints, 4oz., lifetime supply)

$24

•   Beeswax (1-1/2 oz. cake, lifetime supply)

$3

 

TOOLS

•   Gouge (#6 sweep, 16mm wide, inside ground for gouging inside of cane)

$50

•   *Gouge (#4 sweep, 14 mm wide, for initial gouging, if 2 gouges are desired)

$50

•   Sharpening stone for gouge

$30

•   Shooting board with ruler (for gouging cane)

$45

•   Dial thickness gauge (very convenient replacement for calipers)

$145

•   Assorted sanding cylinders (1-1/2", 1-3/4", 2", 2-1/4", 2-1/2" dia.)

$45

•   Retractable utility knife

$7

•   Fine-tooth saw (for cutting cane length)

$12

•   Mandrels for staples (5/32" and 1/8")

$15

•   Reamer for staples

$20

•   Tubing cutter

$12

•   Pliers/flat nose (for shaping staples)

$15

•   Pliers/round nose (for shaping staples)

$15

 

Complete Reed Making Kit - 5 tubes of chanter cane, 5 sets of 3 tubes drone cane,
2 brass tubes and one each of all of the above except for the asterisked items.

$470

 

Deluxe Kit - same as above except includes the asterisked items and adds a 1/8” mandrel and two pieces of 5/32” tubing for flat chanters and regulators.

$540

 

BOOKS

My Method - A step-by-step instruction manual for making and maintaining reeds for the uillean pipes by Tim Britton, revised and expanded ’10 edition.

$12

 

VIDEO

My Method - Professional quality 90-minute video to go with the book. VCR Tape

$25

 

CDs
All CDs $15

 
Barefoot on the Alter - Chulrua - audiophile recording featuring Tim Britton, with Paddy O'Brien on accordion and Pat Egan on guitar and vocals.

 

Down the Back Lane - Chulrua - Second recording featuring Tim Britton, with Paddy O'Brien on accordion and Pat Egan on guitar and vocals, released on Shanachie in Oct. ’03.

 

Light Through the Leaves - traditional Irish wind instrumentals - anthology including Tim Britton, L.E. McCullough, Al Purcell, Bill Ochs, Mark Roberts, and others.

 

Song of the Chanter - Tim Britton on pipes, flute, whistle, and vocals; Carol Hunner on guitar and vocals; John Anderson on upright bass; Tony Block on bones and bodhran; and Mark Simos on fiddle and piano.

 

Pied Piper’s Call - audiophile recording of Tim on pipes, whistle and flute; Mark Simos on guitar, fiddle, piano, Hammond B-3; Albert Alfonso on bodhran.

 

At Home in the Middle of Nowhere - Sage - audiophile recording of acoustic folk rock original songs featuring vocals, guitars, cello, and Tim on pipes, whistle, and mandolin.

 

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