Hello to everyone and happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the United States.  Our shop has been busier than ever and our products are gaining critical acclaim.  New bands that now perform with our instruments include Bastinado, The Gothard Sisters, Rastaban, Sons of Malarkey and The Celtic Martins.

This season included 27 appearances at highland games, Irish festivals and folk music gatherings. In total we toured 19 states and 2 different countries.  We have met the greatest people and talent everywhere we go and loved talking shop in all kinds of weather.  

It’s been a great year for Carbony™ Celtic Winds and we have a lot to be grateful for. Most of all we want to thank our customers.   We would like to extend a special holiday offer of free domestic priority shipping and $11 international shipping on all orders through the holidays!  Just enter FSHP as your promotion code upon checkout at www.Carbony.com or just ring me up at +1 541 829 3016.

And if you haven’t already, stop by www.facebook.com/CarbonyCelticWinds and click the like button. 

Sincerely,

Rob

Summer Update 2012

Carbony™ Celtic Winds is proud to announce our newest product. The Scottish Smallpipe is made completely with carbon fiber trimmed with stainless steel and a marbled ebonite blowstick tip. It is our first canister drone instrument and premiers our new drone shutoff valves. It comes tied into a Bannatyne small bag and outfitted with brass drone reeds for a rich sound. Check out this video taken at the Seattle Folklife Festival.

We have confirmed our appearances through the summer and want to make sure everyone will come out to their nearest festival:

• Ithaca Scottish Games and Celtic Festival, June 30-July 1 2012, Ithaca NY
• The International Gathering of Instrument-Makers and Master Pipes, July 12-15 2012, Saint-Chartier France
• Portland Highland Games, July 21 2012, Portland OR
• National Flute Association Convention, August 9-12 2012, Las Vegas NV
• Milwaukee Irish Fest, August 16-19 2012, Milwaukee WI
• Kansas City Irish Fest, August 31- Sept 2 2012, Kansas City MO
• Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Festival, September 6-9 2012, Estes Park, CO
• Michigan Irish Festival, September 14-16 2012, Muskegon, MI
• Stone Mountain Highland Games, October 19-21 2012, Stone Mountain GA

We will be filling other dates as more confirmations are secured. Also wanted to let everyone know that because we will be out of the country, any orders placed in early July will be shipped upon our return mid-month.

And if you haven't already, please give us a like on www.facebook.com/CarbonyCelticWinds

Thanks to everyone for their support and remember safety is your watchword for summer fun!

Rob

Thanks for the best year ever!

Hello to all my friends new and old!

Its been a wonderful year and the seasons have taken us to many new places and in return we have lots of musicians and bands having a grand time with their new instruments.  New bands in the Carbony Celtic Winds family include Celtica, Darren McMullen, Kennedy's Kitchen, Blackthorn, Keltic Kudzu, Ben Homes, Peter Purvis and Coyote Run.

In the process of traveling to over twenty different festivals and games this year, we did manage to fit in the development of several brand new instruments and refinements on existing designs.  Most notable is the full set of Great Highland Bagpipes and the new dual drone Gaita.  We also had a great breakthrough on our Irish flute which now features a hepta-taper design, enhancing the resonance of each primary note.

We created a Carbony Celtic Winds facebook page to share stories, videos and soundclips, if you haven't already, please like us!  Also this year we have established Carbony Celtics Winds as a part of Pipe Makers Union, LLC. The registration of this new business name grounds our intent and the future direction of our company.


Enjoy,

Rob

Links to Facebook and Festival

To assist in navigating to our facebook page or more info on the festival here are some easy to use links:

Carbony Celtic Winds
www.facebook.com/CarbonyCelticWinds

Also we have added quite a few new appearances for July and August:

July 8-10 Chicago's Irish Cultural Center Irish Fest
irishfestchicago.com

July 14-17 Festival of Traditional Music and Folk Dances
Château d'Ars (France)
www.rencontresdeluthiers.org/en/accueil.php

July 29-31 Great American Irish Festival (Utica, NY)
www.gaif.us

August 12-14 An Ri Ra Irish Festival (Butte, MT)
www.mtgaelic.org/Festival1.html

August 18-21 Milwaukee Irish Festival
www.irishfest.com


Thanks again and hope you are having a great summer,

Rob

summer update and facebook announcement

Hi,

Its been great 2011 so far and our new products are moving as fast as I can build them! We have just created our new Carbony Celtic Winds facebook page and would be honored to have you like us. This will allow you to post your favorite tunes and videos and keep up to date on all our favorite bands and music.

Also we have added quite a few new appearances for July and August:

July 8-10 Chicago's Irish Cultural Center Irish Fest

July 14-17 Festival of Traditional Music and Folk Dances
Château d'Ars (France)

July 29-31 Great American Irish Festival (Utica, NY)

August 12-14 An Ri Ra Irish Festival (Butte, MT)

August 18-21 Milwaukee Irish Festival

and look for us in Estes Park and Muskegon in September!

Thanks for all your support and hope to see you soon,

Rob

Happy St Patrick's Day

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful 2011 and to remind you to take in and play some music this week! The year is already on a great start and I always consider March 17th opening day for Celtic Festivals and Highland Games. I have been busy in the shop for a couple months and will be parading out some real sweet creations this year. Already released is a concert A chanter for the Great Highland Bagpipe. Very sweet sound and this chanter will get you into a band with fiddles and guitars. I have a few other neat creations coming out in the next two weeks so watch the website or come out to my booth when I am in your area.

I already have a few appearances locked in for this season:

Dunedin Highland Games, April 9th

Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games, April 15,16,17

Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival, May 7,8

Newport Celtic Festival and Highland Games, June 10,11,12

The International Gathering of Instrument-Makers and Master Pipes of Saint-Chartier, July 14,15,16,17

Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Festival, Sept 8,9,10,11

My calendar is still filling up so email me if there is a show you would like to see me at thats not on the list yet!

Thanks again and check out some of the new stuff on our website, www.Carbony.com

And if you have a sound clip or video you would like to share, drop me an email at Rob.Gandara@Carbony.com. All artists selected will receive a $50 credit towards your next instrument purchase.

And of course in Corvallis on Thursday, look for my band Ordinance downtown. We are playing six sets in four pubs. Starting at 5:00 pm at Squirrels, 6:30 on Cloud nine, 7:30 at the Beaver Tail Brewery and closing out the night at the Block 15 Brewery. Bring your dancing shoes...


Sláinte,

Rob

Carbony™ Celtic Connection, Spring 2010

Hello Musicians!

Welcome to the spring edition of Pipe Makers Union Carbony™ Celtic Connection. We have several important announcements.

We are revamping our website and are looking to tell your personal story. Relate one or more tales of playing a Carbony™ instrument, include a photo, sound clip or Youtube video. Share your experiences and reminisce anecdotes that evoke emotions of joy, bliss and fun times with your Carbony™ instrument. Tell us where you have taken your Carbony™ instrument and where your Carbony™ instrument has taken you. Whistle stories, technology stories, first time I ever saw my Carbony™ stories. We want them all! If we use your story you get a $25 credit, and if we use your sound clip or video you receive another $25. That's $50 towards your next instrument! Just send an email to Rob.Gandara@Carbony.com

Also we are signing up some new retailers:

In British Columbia, Heritage Music at 350 Hwy 97B NE, Salmon Arm

In Albuquerque, Apple Mountain Music at 10301 Comanche Road Northeast.

We also have some new bands that are touring this summer with Carbony™ instruments:

Omnia has a whistle and slide didgeridoo they are working into their show, www.worldofomnia.com.

Keltia is already touring with a two section didge and writing for a couple whistles and flutes, www.myspace.com/keltiamusic.

Rapalje, wonderful Celtic band from the Netherlands has a D whistle and tuning up a Carbony™ Bb chanter, www.rapalje.com.

Spring has sprung and the Summer schedule of Highland Games and Celtic Festivals has begun! We are returning to some of our old haunts and adding some new ones, check out the list below to find a show near you.

• Blairsville Scottish Festival and Highland Games, June 12-13th, 2010, Meeks Park, Blairsville, Georgia
• Illinois St Andrew Society Highland Games, June 18-19th, Polo Grounds, Oak Brook, Illinois
• Portland Highland Games, July 17th, Mt Hood CC, Oregon
• Pacific NW Scottish Highland Games, July 31st - August 1st, 2010, Expo Center, Enumclaw, Washington
• An Ri Ra Irish Festival, August 13-15th, Uptown Butte, Montana
• International Celtic Festival, August 21-22nd, Hunter Mountain, New York
• Longs Peak Scottish Highland, September 10-12th, 2010 Estes Park, Colorado
• Stone Mountain Highland Games, October 16-17th, Stone Mountain, Georgia

Take care and I want to hear you on stage, in a session and playing for your soul,

Rob