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#NowPlaying: kathryntickell.bandcamp.com/album/return...

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Return to Kielderside, by Kathryn Tickell
10 track album
kathryntickell.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Lovely #NorthumbrianSmallpipes duet with Kathryn Tickell and Andy May:
Northumbrian pipes duet. Kathryn Tickell & Andy May
In Andy May’s kitchen. Playing a tune.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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Yesterday was tone holes night 🕳️

#pipemaking #NorthumbrianSmallpipes #AltBagpipes
Northumbrian Smallpipes chanter held between centers on a lathe. An end mill bit is mounted on a flex shaft rotary tool and cut holes into the chanter. Northumbrian Smallpipes with all tone holes drilled: 7 in the front and one in the back.
December 18, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Smallpipe reeds, some assembly required. #scottishsmallpipes #northumbriansmallpipes #bagpipes #reedmaking
April 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
alisono.bsky.social
Anyone else out there have a bagpipe cat who sits on their lap every time they try to play?

I suspect it's a non-too- subtle way to tell me to stop that awful noise.

#bagpipecat #NorthumbrianSmallPipes
November 27, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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I’m back to working with wood after a week on brass tooling.

#NorthumbrianSmallpipes #bagpipes #bagpipemaking
Piece of wood held between a chuck and a steady rest on a metal lathe. The piece is bored and right by the hole we can see the D-bit that made it. The bit is held in the Jacobs chuck in the tail stock.
February 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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I just finished boring a blank for an F chanter in Bolivian rosewood. Not too bad. Next: reaming.

#NorthumbrianSmallpipes #pipemaking
1” rod of about 12” length. The wood is dark brown with black lines. A hole in the rod shows where the bit came in. A hole, slightly off center, shows where the bit came out.
December 2, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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I can't believe how much progress I'm making on the #Northumbriansmallpipes after having started them only two months ago. I can now play a few songs reasonably smoothly and few more haltingly. Amazing Grace is my smoothest, with Chevy Chase, and Somewhere over the Rainbow.
November 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM