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There are currently 18 of us! |
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Fernando Acosta |
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Lakeland |
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facosta@tampabay.rr.com |
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I started in the Uilleann world about four years ago with
Wilbert Garvin's original book "The Uilleann Pipes, Their
Construction and Maintenance". I spent almost a year making
a half-set based on his plans and that's what I have today
except for the drones which were second-hand. Being a
totally isolated piper, I recognized the need to be able to
reed these pipes, so I set out to learn how to make and
voice reeds properly. This effort took almost another year.
I now have a relatively well-behaved half-set and I am
capable of playing a few airs here and there, but I don't
consider myself a piper at all. I certainly need a
teacher! |
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Michael Barney |
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I'm from Southwest Louisiana (Cajun Country) ;-) but I'm often in the Vero Beach/Sebastian area at different points throughout the year. |
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orbis1978@aol.com |
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I've been working with the uilleann pipes for about 2
years now. I play a set made by Mr. Bruce
Childress. I certainly wouldn't consider myself to be
proficient at the instrument, but I don't suppose I
sound awful for someone who's only
been studying them for a couple of
years. I began playing the war pipes at
the age of 8, and that has granted me a learning
curve on the uilleanns to some extent. I don't feel
that I have been working long enough to be authorized to
teach, but if there is in fact, someone who I actually might
be able to help out in some fashion, I am always more than
happy to do so:-) |
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William Benham |
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Tampa |
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william_benham@yahoo.com |
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I'm a beginner on the uilleann pipes, and have been
taking lessons from John Maio for a couple of months. I
should mention that I found John through this resource. I
played mouth blown Scottish small pipes for about a year
prior to switching to the UP, and mucked about with whistles
and flutes for a couple of years before that. I own a
somewhat unusual blackwood and aluminium half set made by
Pat McNulty and Peter Hunter in 1976. I've set the drones
aside for now and am using this set as a practice set. |
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Kathleen Cavanagh |
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Orlando |
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cavanagh1@bellsouth.net |
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Andreas Rogge full set in "D". It's lovely! I also own a
Keith Powell practice set. Started piping in 1998, but I am
very much a beginner. I'm at the stage of listening and
learning tunes by ear and it is definitely getting
easier. |
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Scott Cockerham |
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Titusville which is about 30 minutes East of Orlando |
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scott@cockerham.com |
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I'm self taught and I started with a Lark in the Morning
practice set in 1999. In 2000 I had a Roberts practice set
made and I love it. I am a elementary music teacher and
music director at a local Methodist church. The first
weekend in December each year our church performs a Celtic
cantata. I play the pipes at church and in our group
Waterstone which plays at local churches and festivals. I
also play fiddle, banjo and guitar in a bluegrass group. I
would enjoy playing in a session. Though I don't have many
tunes memorized I can sight read well |
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Laurence Frings |
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almost in Florida |
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Lffrings@aol.com |
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i live 1/2 of a mile from florida in alabama and it is
lonely for a piper here also.i've been playing 1&1/2
years and am very much a beginner but totally in love and
fascinated by our instrument.i often play-howl around the
marina where i live and i dare say i have spread the word,i
also play nylon string guitar and hi and low whistles.i play
a b.c. childress D chanter with homemade leather bag,bellows
and drones which i miraculously made. |
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Mark Jafrate |
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Melbourne, FL |
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mjafrate@cfl.rr.com |
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Started playing Uilleann pipes June, 2003. I am playing a
practice set by Patrick Murray. I am currently building 2
sets of Uilleann drones out of Acetyl with future plans to
build a full UP set in blackwood. Attended the 2003
Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville NC with Kieran O'Hare. I
also play GHB in the "City of Melbourne Pipes and Drums" and
smallpipes, fiddle, concertina and octave mandolin in our
local Celtic Band "Kindred Spirits". |
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Stacia Lewis |
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Orlando, Florida Home Phone: 407-282-6569 |
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comesta @earthlink.net |
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I've just become a piper since the Florida Tional on
2-9-03. I met a guy named Mike Hay from Atlanta there. He
sold me his practice set (God bless him, I know it was a bit
painful) which is made by Tim Britton. No drones or
regulators had he, and the waiting list for Tim is 3 yrs. I
play the fiddle,harmonica, and a bit of whistle, though none
are up to session speed. I also do a bit of lilting. I've
conquered the low D thru back D scale on the pipes. Now I'm
after the higher notes,which are proving a challenge. So you
see, I'm not yet skilled enough to teach. |
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Gary E. Livesay |
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Lizella GA, just West of Macon off I-475 |
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livesayg1@cox.net |
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Bought a K/Q practice Set which I received in August 2000
and got my K/Q Half-set in April 2001 (I ordered both at the
same time - Fall1998/Winter 1999) |
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John Maio |
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4612 Landscape Drive, Tampa 33624 Home Phone: (813) 963-6149 |
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jmaio1@tampabay.rr.com |
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Uilleann piping off and on for about a year, Highland
pipes 15+ years, Classical Flute 25+ years. Degreed in
instrumental music education. I play a Martin Preshaw
practice set (http://www.wiredup.net/unionpipes/index.htm)-
When I got it, I was able to play it immediately no serious
reed problems etc. Martin set it up so that it would play
out of the box. I am very capable of teaching music and the
bagpipes. I am however still a beginning Uilleann piper. I
have already performed a few time for large audiences but my
fingers are not yet seasoned (experienced) in the Irish
music - this is strictly a matter of years of experience for
any piper. |
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John Maze |
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Gainesville |
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maze@ufl.edu |
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Been playing for 6 years or so, Nick Whitmer and Paddy Keenan got me started, and since have been doing Tionols and music festivals every year. I play a few different sets, two from Childress, have chanters from Lynch, Britton, Burke, and Kohler. Also play a bit of flute, GHB, and play and teach bodhran as I learned from Paddy League when I lived in Virginia. Play and regularly host sessions here in town, and seek others anywhere else I go. I am happy to help or teach anyone in the area just getting started. Kieran O'Hare and Liam O'Flynn are probably my biggest influences thus far as well as the masters... and I do not look like Larre, may not be better looking, but am better at driving than he. |
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posted 7/08/03 |
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Geordie Ord |
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40 miles east of Panama City |
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geojan@gtcom.net |
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History with the pipes (how long have you played, what kind of set do you have, who made your pipes, etc.) Since 1999 I have owned a compact half set in D (4 drone) by Charlie Roberts but have not seriously began to play them, so would definitely fit the novice catagory. I have played the tin whistle for many years and also play GHBs and a bit of flute. |
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Not available to teach UPs but regularly teach GHB and
have given many a whistle and bodrahn player a start. |
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Lawrence Reeves |
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Gainesville (352) 376 8721 |
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l.w.reeves@worldnet.att.net |
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Have a 3/4 set made by John Pederson of San Francisco.
Playing pipes on and off for 4 years. Play and teach wooden
flute and tinwhiste. Have performed and chaired worksops on
Irish music at Florida Folk Festival, and festivals around
the south. Was a guest performer with the Chieftans in
2000(on flute and concertina ). Competed in the All Irelands
in 1994 also on flute. Currently perform with John Coyne,as
Coyne and Reeves, and with Gainesville trio "the Blue
Druids" |
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Pat Reilly |
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Melbourne |
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patka4zec@aol.com |
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I have been playing Irish music for 30 years and started
out on the penny whistle. I started playing a Uilleann pipes
practice set by Patrick Murray in June, 2003. I had my first
experience playing the pipes with Kieran O'Hare at the 2003
Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville NC. I will be a self taught
player and could use some lessons if there are any teachers
in Florida. I also play bodhran, guitar and mandolin in our
local Celtic Band "Kindred Spirits". |
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Bob Shanley |
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West Palm Beach |
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bshanley@pbpost.com |
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I started with a Charles Roberts practice set in 'D' in
Dec. '99, I have also a David Daye penny chanter, but in the
past 6 months have had to put my pipes aside while
recovering from a foot injury. I had a few lessons with
Eamonn Dillon in Ft. Lauderdale to get started, (a very good
teacher) and attended a few small workshops in Ireland last
summer. I hope to attend the North East tionol in October
and get back on the track. I would be willing to travel to
central Florida for a pipers get together. |
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Joseph Eric Smith |
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Davenport, Florida (somewhere between Orlando & Tampa) |
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mrgurglesnort@aol.com |
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I have been a professional musician for over 25 years
playing fiddle, whistles, guitar, bass, bodhran, vox and a
plethora of other instruments including the GHBs for
roughly 21 years, Uilleann Pipes for nearly 2 years. I
currently play a David Boisvert (of GREENWOOD PIPES) concert
pitched chanter (of cocobolo wood) with drones
(blackwood) by Mr. Pat Kistani... although, I am
eagerly awaiting the arrival of matching drones and regs
from David relatively soon (I estimate Sept. of 2005). I
have reached a level of playing where I honestly feel I can
be of good service and assistance to the novice or
beginning player, and would only be more than happy to help
out, give tips or lessons to same. Feel free to contact me
anytime.... but be forewarned, I will charge you the fee
of one (or perhaps more) truly 'bad' joke for my
efforts... the more tasteless, the better. If I have to
travel, then you will be charged a joke, and a bottomless
cup of LYON'S ORIGINAL LABEL tea... (with loads of cream and
sweetener). All the best!!! ;-{D." |
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Nick "Buachaill bo" Vaccaro |
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Tampa |
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mrp0sitive@yahoo.com |
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I started uilleann pipes in May, 1999. I bought a Seth
Gallagher half set and they're still in excellent condition.
Kudos to Seth for great workmanship! I'm self taught and I
get stuck here and there, but I'm still hacking away. I am
using a combination of Davy Spillane's Mel Bay book, the NPU
videos, Heather Clarke's tutor, and "A Master's Touch"
[Seamus Ennis]. In addition, I listen to pipers and
pay as close attention as I can. I hope to make a Christmas
CD someday to pass on the the great-great-grandkids. |
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Robbie Zukauskas |
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Elkton, FL (just west of St Augustine) |
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mgpig@aug.com |
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I got a practice chanter from David Daye, and a Lynch bag
& bellows (via John Maze) in the fall of last year-
haven't done much with them yet, but after taking the Tional
classes this year (2003), I feel many of my problems have
been corrected, and I hope to start making progress. I have
played Irish music on flute for about 8 years, and have a
classical background (saxophone, nit flute) that I try not
to let interfere with my Irish music. |
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Backgroung of Uilleann Pipes photographed by Mr Roger Dempfle and crafted by Andreas Rogge & team