| 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) |
$14 |
| Beeswax (1-1/2 oz. cake, lifetime supply) |
$3 |
| TOOLS | |
| Gouge (#6 sweep, 16mm wide, inside ground for gouging inside of cane) |
$45 |
| *Gouge (#4 sweep, 14 mm wide, for initial gouging, if 2 gouges are desired) |
$45 |
| Sharpening stone for gouge |
$30 |
| Shooting board with ruler (for gouging cane) |
$45 |
| Thickness gauge (for measuring cane) |
$10 |
| Calipers (for use with thickness gauge) |
$12 |
| *Dial thickness gauge (very convenient replacement for calipers) |
$130 |
| Assorted sanding cylinders (1-1/2", 1-3/4", 2", 2-1/4", 2-1/2" dia.) |
$35 |
| 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 |
$10 |
| 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. |
$320 |
| Deluxe Kit - same as above except includes the asterisked items and replaces the thickness gauge and calipers with the dial thickness gauge and adds a 1/8 mandrel. |
$490 |
| BOOKS | |
| My Method - A step-by-step instruction manual for making and maintaining reeds for the uillean pipes by Tim Britton, newly revised and expanded 08 edition. |
$12 |
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| A New Approach to Learning the Uillean Pipes - by H. Clarke, the best, w/ CD. |
$30 |
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| The Art of Uillean Piping |
$35 |
| Na Piobairi Uillean has made three instructional videos taught by Gay McKeon and Nollaig MacCarthaigh, Vol. I or II. | |
| The Art of Uillean Piping, Vol. 3 |
$45 |
| Vol. III comes with book and CD. | |
| VIDEOS | |
| My Method - Professional quality 90-minute video to go along with the book |
$35 |
| The Art of Uillean Piping - Na Piobairi Uillean has made three instructional videos taught by Gay McKeon and Nollaig MacCarthaigh, Vol. I or II. |
$35 |
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| The Art of Uillean Piping, Vol. 3 - Vol. III comes with book and CD |
$45 |
| CDs All CDs $15 |
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| 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 Pipers 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. | |
