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No Kevin, nobody robbed Alan Jones. I recognized the collection right away as belonging to Joe Moyer (RIP), his Widow Dominique, was selling them through that Auction House. The Pastoral Pipe went for 10,400 Pounds and it's going to be part of the collection of Instruments at the University of Edinb...

Hello Seth ! AS an Owner of an ALMOST Taylor set by Patrick Hennelly, of Chicago, I have seen alot of American Sets of Irish Pipes over the years. Those Broad Ribbon Keys remind me of Michael Carney's work, as he was very active in re-doing various sets of American Made Pipes, by the Taylor Brothers...

Hello Goran, Yes the MIH (which means BAG). I have have one that was bought by an American Tourist on the Dalmatian Coast back in 1980. I was given this Bagpipe as a present in 1986, and You can see it on the Diple page at 3w.hotpipes.com 2 years later, in 1988, I was playing it for the Croatian Dan...

OK it's getting off the subject, but I'd like to point out that I do mention Skirts, Dresses, AND Men's and Women's KILTS. So in regard to Popping Valves, some Pipers don't like the extra height of the Chanter, as it sits on the Valve when it is closed, and resting on the Piper's knee. As the Chante...

In regard to May McCarthy, Dennis Brooks had a clipping of a 1968 article from an Irish Newspaper, that showed May as vigorous Woman of advanced years, still playing that set of Pipes shown in O'Neill's I.M.&M. I also remember Paddy O'Neill of San Francisco (RIP 1980) telling me about how she wa...

OK..... On Topic !!! It's nice to be a Gift-Giver like Paddy !!! It shows what a BIG HEART he has for others. I have done the same thing with other kinds of Bagpipes, that came my way. I regret that I haven't had any "Marque" of Irish Pipes to give as a Gift. I do have it in my will that m...

OFF SUBJECT:
Yeah Rory, I was hoping that Tommy Martin would do more posts and list the changes his Chanter Reed
went through on his 2010 Tour with CELTIC WOMEN.
Tommy: Did You Have Your High "B"s all the way through the run ?
Sean "High Notes" Folsom

BRAVO DAVID ! These Videos are FANTASTIC ! I hope that other Pipers reading this can put their energies to use documenting the older generations of Pipers living in the Balkans, the Middle East, etc. and make these documents accessible to the general public as Mr. Marker is doing for Italy. I say th...

Hola Juan ! Yes, Seamus Ennis BUSKED with the GHB on O'Connell Street ( in Dublin, natch ) in the 1940s. This story was told to me by Dan Dowd, who started his own Piping with the GHB, while being in (British) Jail for his part in the 1921 Civil War. Seamus told me that the Rowsome Family were mere ...

Thanks for this Post Richard ! Again, it was so Good to see You at the Pleasanton Games ! I met Rob Wallace many years ago in Glasgow when he was the Piper with "The Whistle Binkies". One time, I drove him down to a Folk Festival in Irvine, Scotland (Yeah, the OTHER Irvine...). Rob was als...

Thanks Leo (Oleo-Resonator) for the Con-Grats on the Birth of my Grand-Daughter on May 12th ! She is so cute, as all babies are....I am in Love ! This should actually be in the concurrent "GHB in Ireland" thread, but here goes: Back in 1973, I told Dennis Brooks that I wasn't interested in...

This is great news Ortrune ! I am very happy to hear about your Mechawka / Multitanky revival ! I think any Sorbish Song within an Octave (plus the lead tone) could be accompanied by these Pipes. If some of these Pipes can play with your Mechawa-Kozols in the key of F so much the better, to have the...

To Jeff Cullen, On the 2nd look I did figure out that the photo you have is John Rosenburger's collection of "Bits & Pieces" not Gene Frain's collection (although it seems very similar). I never saw all of these Parts when I visited John. As for having a go at my "Tayloresque"...

JEFF, YOU ARE AMAZING ! It seems this is a large part of Gene Frain's Collection of Pipes !!! It must be some story You have, on getting these Chanters, Bodies, and "Bits & Pieces". SO.....How are You doing ? How's Jim McGuire's Froment "D" set working out for You ? More Late...

Thank You "IRISH PIPER" for the Photos of the P.Brown Chanter that Father Quigley owned, as I had them for awhile, at my house in Del Rey Oaks, back in 1974. It's Good to Know They are being "Looked After" so well ! I agree with your story that the Key Work was to compensate for ...