Learning to Play and Make Uilleann Pipes

Monthly Archives: October, 2007

Hand-Stitched Bellows Project

Hand-stitched bellows project, completed, 10/28/07. It is based on the four-part tutorial by David M. Quinn in the Pipers Review.  This is my first attempt.
 
Lots went wrong in the making, but much went well.  To my amazement, the beast is airtight, sucking, pushing, and holding air better than any bellows that I’ve had, at my limited disposal.
Problems included:

I had [...]