Gaita makers

[cristobal]

The website of Francisco Calvo Regueiro :

http://regueiro.gaitafolk.free.fr/

[LuifeSpain]

Very good person and imaginative maker, with "monstruous" gaitas with 6 drones!!!

[chaotikend]

I looked at his website and was amazed by those gaitas! Even the gaita with 5 drones is incredible!

[MichaelLoos]

I just bought a gaita stamped "Antonio Gandoy".
Has anyone any information about this maker?
The instrument is a one drone model in boxwood, with a rubber bag (eeekh..., will be replaced very soon) and I got it very cheap.

[anima]

Where'd you get it?

Jeff

[MichaelLoos]

Bought it on Ebay. The guy who sold it lives just 25 kilometers away from me, he had bought it in Santiago de Compostela. He told clearly it is not a master instrument, but it seems to be quite well made.
I thought, if it's boxwood and stamped, it can't be too bad...

[anima]

How does it sound?

[MichaelLoos]

It sounds good to me, but I'm not at all a Gaita expert...
The chanter is in tune, with a strong yet pleasant sound, the drone is steady. If I consider it as just being "a bagpipe", I would say, it is perfectly okay, although I'm quite sure that someone experienced with gaitas will hear features that escape my hearing.

[robgandara]

I play Oli's real male gaitas and love the sound. I am also a bit of a builder and last time I was in Galicia he shared his chanter plans with me in Do and Re, I am molding them from Carbon Fiber so I get a real repeatable bore. The trick is in the reeds, the female gaita reeds have a different shape than the male.

If you are interested I have copies of the secrets of the galician bagpipe available on my website along with modified practice recorders.

www.pipemakersunion.com

Rob

[anima]

Hi Rob,

How does the carbon fiber affect the tone of the instrument (if at all), is it louder, brassier, mellower, or does it just sound like any other gaita?

Jeff