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 30 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)

 $39

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

 $39

•   Sharpening stone for gouge

 $29

•   Shooting board with ruler (for gouging cane)

 $39

•   Thickness gauge (for measuring cane)

 $10
•   Calipers (for use with thickness gauge)

$10

•   *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.)

 $30

•   Retractable utility knife

 $7

•   Fine-tooth saw (for cutting cane length)

 $12

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

 $10

•   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.

$295
 

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.

$455
 

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
 

A New Approach to Learning the Uillean Pipes - by H. Clarke, the best, w/ CD.

$30
 

  

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
   

The Art of Uillean Piping, Vol. 3 - Vol. III comes with book and CD

$45
 

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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