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- Page 1 Shepherd Orchestral Chanter ORCHESTRAL CHANTER Recently endorsed by the world renowned pipe band “The House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band” when they performed with the P Cunningham and A Bain band at a BBC live concert for the 2006 Hogmany Show...
- Page 2 The “Shepherd Orchestral Chanter” as the name implies is designed to be compatible with other musical instruments and will operate at a pitch of around 440Hz SETTING UP YOUR INSTRUMENT FOR CONCERT PITCH It is necessary to understand how the climatic conditions of the playing environment could have on your tuning.
- Page 3 STEP 2 Check the balance of pipe reed by mouth blowing reed with chanter. Mouth blow continuously low A and High A If using a tuner attempt to achieve a reading of around 442 Hz If you fail to have success at this stage try the basic rules, of either raising or lowering the reed, in the chanter.
- Page 4 When performing with this chanter, it should be remembered that your drone tuning position could be dramatically effected, especially if you have been tuning them to a “higher pitched chanter”. But it is always a good idea to have the drones tuning at their optimum length.
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