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Speech: Untitled [Lecture segment; topics: structure of uilleann pipes; examining 19th century chanters; lost skills; good design in old sets]

Unidentified performer - speech in English

Speech: Untitled [Lecture segment; topics: the ear is the ultimate instrument to judge the quality of sound; sound waves; three aspects of notes: pitch, volume, and quality; the nature of pitch; the influence of the density of the air; details of the characteristics of sound waves; wave formations; etc] [Speed changes in this track were regularised by means of software facilities] [Continued on tracks B] [END OF BAND ONE]

Lawson, Brian - speech in English

Jig: Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh; lecture illustration from sound recording]

Ennis, Seamus, Dublin - pipes solo

Speech: Untitled [Continuation of lecture; lecture segment; topics include: technical aspects of the uilleann pipe chanter; the quality of sound of the note produced; overtones and harmonics; influence of the material from which the chanter is made; relative densities of woods used for chanters; qualities of reeds; general discussion on topics mentioned; importance of how air enters the chanter; factors affecting the regulators; controlling the air pressure for the regulators; the skills of old pipemakers; characteristics of double chanters]

Lawson, Brian
Unidentified performers - speech in English

Jig: Untitled

Unidentified performer - pipes solo

Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Unidentified performer - pipes solo

Speech: Untitled [Lecture segment; Willie Clancy being influenced by recordings made in the USA of pipers living there, including Patsy Touhey]

Mitchell, Pat, Dublin

Jigs: Untitled [The Maid on the Green], Untitled (incomplete) [Jackson's Jig]

Touhey, Patsy, Galway / New York - pipes solo

Speech: Untitled [Lecture segment; the influence of Patsy Touhey and Michael Carney on Willie Clancy]

Mitchell, Pat, Dublin

Reel: Untitled [The Jolly Tinker]

Carney, Michael, Mayo / New York - pipes solo