Learning to Play and Make Uilleann Pipes

Monthly Archives: September, 2008

Nailed Bellows Project

Here is a nailed bellows project completed in September of 2008.  Nails are used instead of furniture tacks, which aesthetically I believe is an improvement, and seems to do as good a job holding the gussett to the clappers as do tacks.  This is a nice surprise, because I was not at all sure that this [...]

Experimental Bag and Bellows Connector

Here is an experimental bag and bellows connector that I made.  I wanted to use a brass quick disconnect hose fitting that I like, but was concerned that it would mar the mainstock, drones or regulators. I solved this by making the hose screw fitting part of the bellows outlet fixture.  The brass connector is [...]