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Thanks you guys!
On this page, I'd like to take the opportunity to express my sincere
thanks to those individuals who took their time to mentor, criticize,
tutor, cajole, correspond, and challenge me with the details of this
project. Mere thanks doesn't come close to expressing the importance
the guidance provided by this group. this list isn't complete, these
are the critical players. Without any one of them, this project would
not have happened.
Pipers-L
Discussion
forum for Great Highland Bagpipe Players |
Pipers-L is an e-mail discussion list made up of some of the nicest,
funniest, and passionate people I have ever come across. The group is
very active and sometimes tops 200 posts in a day. It is presided
over by Kenton
Adler of Lyon College,in
Batesville, Arkansas. Topics of discussion are not limited to piping.
Members meet face to face at piping meets across the country.
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Jerry Gibson
Gibson Bagpipes Inc.
Eastlake, Ohio |
I met Jerry face to face at the 54th Seattle Highland Games in
Enumclaw, Washington. He was working in the tent of one of his
distributors. He spent quite a bit of his time with me, inspecting my
work and offering advice. I think he was favorably impressed with the
work I had done so far. Coming from a professional pipemaker like
Jerry, I took this as high praise indeed. Jerry even offered some
important advice if I ever decide to make pipes professionally. I
assured him I had no intentions of ever going that route. Jerry is an
excellent man and a wealth of information. I wish I lived closer to
Cleveland so I could pick his valuable brain again!
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David Atherton
C.E. Kron & Company,
Dobbs Ferry, New York
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I ran into Dave while participating on the rec.music.makers.bagpipe
newsgroup. I quickly discovered he was a professional pipemaker and
have pumped him shamelessly for insider information ever since. We
have corresponded via the newsgroup, direct e-mail, and several
telephone conversations. Dave has solved several problems for me and
confirmed some of my decisions. His help has been invaluable.
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Tyrone Heade
www.bagpipe-entertainment.com
Seattle, Washington |
Tyrone is my piping instructor. and planted the seed that I should
consider this project. His firm but easy-going style of teaching is
light-years ahead of his more traditional predecessors. Tyrone was
himself inspired to full-time piping by taking possession of his
grandfather's WWI era Lawrie pipes.
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Dr.
Jack Hutcheson Jr.
Valued
participant, Pipers-L,
Discussion
forum for Great Highland Bagpipe Players |
I ran into Jack while participating in the Pipers-L discussion group.
As an oncologist, Jack has access to x-ray machines and has a
beautiful set of 1920's era Henderson bagpipes. He shot full-chest
x-rays of his pipes and sent them to me with measurements. These are
the basis of the design I used for my pipes. These x-rays have saved
me from myself more times than I can count.
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Casey Burns
Kingston, Washington |
In an Internet search for information on making bagpipes, I found an
article written by Casey. He not only lives close to Seattle, he
foolishly included his contact information in his article. I
contacted him and we discussed pipemaking at length. He had some
excellent ideas and suggestions for me, many of which I have used. He
also invited me to visit his shop one of these days. I plan on taking
him up on his offer.
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Mort McClennan
President, HyperTool Company
Chagrin Falls, Ohio |
While investigating gundrills, I came across HyperTool. Fortunately,
Mort has a tender spot for pipers and was willing to do a tiny,
bothersome little order for a hobby pipemaker. He put up with a
multitude of questions, allowed custom modifications so I could use
their gundrills on my ancient lathe, and was an all-around pleasure
to work with.
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Fran Morrin
County Meath, Ireland |
I needed some special tooling I couldn't find here in the USA. Fran
answered a newsgroup request and said they were readily available to
him. Fortunately for me, Fran has a US made shop vac, and was unable
to get filters for it in Ireland. We made a parts swap that turned
out to be productive and timely for both of us. |
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