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Thank you, I'm going to try the tape and hemp. I don't think I have anything that would work as an adaptor.

I have a blowpipe that doesn't fit the hose coming from the bellows. I don't know how to build it up. Hemp doesn't work because it forms a wedge that slips. Black tape is a bit better but is sticky and slips/unravels a bit. I realise I could try a blowpipe that's wider but I like this particular one...

I think the Keenan recording is called port an piobaire, which he made with arty mcglynn. Oh, and it's on the 'Doublin'' album too.

I think it is the man/woman/mistress/lady/lord of the house. But I'm keeping my options open.

I saw him make a reed in 5 minutes that worked.

The reason I asked the question here was because I thought (correctly) that there would be people on this forum who've seen everything that's out there and would know straight away.

Can anyone tell me what this is? Is it Pakistani?

With regard to my question, I understand that blind auction is the wrong term. I meant when you bid on a lot but don't know what you're bidding on, like a suitcase that was lost on a flight and was never claimed.

In reference to the treasure trove of pipes being sold on eBay, how would someone come into possession of such a haul, not even knowing what they'd acquired? One of those blind auctions where they sell things lost in the post, or lost property?

Just so I understand:

the full set in picture 2 including a light brown chanter is a rogge

the chrome-looking drones with an l and m bag in picture 7 are Pakistani

the drones and chanter in the centre of picture 5 are hunter

have i got that right?

Peter F's account is still active. Hopefully he'll hang around and continue to contribute, and benefit, from the forum.

Who's that on Leo's left in the first picture? Mick Coyne?

I have a c chanter made by a maker called Carroll from the north of England. It has 2 keys. I'd be interested to find out what such an instrument night sell for. The chanter was made by a maker who was taught by Davy Stephenson and therefore is of a similar ilk to Peter Hunter's pipes. I don't have ...

I can see Ronan Browne, and perhaps Peter Browne. A couple of Shannons and, I think, Martin Hayes. I take it one of the fiddlers is Ronan Browne's sister?

Perhaps such an obvious choice that he's not been mentioned already is Robbie Hannan. Paddy Keenan can also play super-tight on occasion but I can't think of any recorded examples.