Re: [Harp-L] Was 'Enough Please'/Free reed history

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bagpipes - including the Uillean pipes - are not free reeds.

Bagpipes use what is a double - a tube shaped piece of cane holowed out
and folded flat so that it forms two connected flattish bits that beat
against one another.

This type of beating reed - where the reed hits ot beats against
something else - includes instruments like oboe and bassoon, and
belongs to the larger family of beating reed that also includes
clarients and saxophones (where the reed beats against the rim of the
mouthpiece).

The main reason we call the reeds used in harmonicas and accordions
(but not in bagpipes) "free" reeds is that they are free to swing
without beating against anything.

Winslow

--- Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm wondering about the Uilleann pipes - the Irish or celtic term, I
> believe, for a bellows-driven reed instrument, the like of which can
> be found in many parts of the world, particularly Eastern Europe.
> These instruments must fall in the 'free reed' catagory, as the reed
> is not held in the mouth. I rather doubt that these instruments are
> related to the 'Asian mouth-organ' ie Khaen, Sheng, Sho, etc.etc.
> Anybody with further knowlwdge, corretions or thoughts on this?
> RD
> 
> >>> Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 29/05/2007 12:57:52 >>>
> And harps rely on free reeds, the existence of free reed instruments 
> 
> in asia pre-date and presage free reed instruments in Europe.
> 
> Reginald "Rex" "Rich" Tobago
> Manufacturer of Memes untethered to reality
> 
> On May 28, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Frank Evers wrote:
> 
> > Am Sonntag, 27. Mai 2007 21:54 schrieb Jeff roulier:
> >> This is a harp mailing list, not Buddha's.  I mean no offense to
> >> those who follow eastern philosophy.  I myself like some of it.  I
> >> just think it doesn't belong here.
> >
> > Don´t forget it was african culture, that brought the essential
> > ingedience for what we call blues, jazz and whatever came from it.
> > This is a harmonica mailing list, yes. So european craftsmen build
> an
> > instrument to play traditional  "german major" (scnr ;) ) folk
> music.
> > That instrument was brought to african american slave descendants
> who
> > used it in a completely different way, and this new music floated
> > back to europe and all over the world.
> >
> > Remembering this, yet another cultural ingredience will probably be
> > quite interesting.
> > -- 
> > Gruß,Frank
> 
> 
> 
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