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My New pipes

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here is a picture of my new set of pipes made by gordon Galloway. Gordon has just finished them and will be showing them off at the pipers festival next week. I have to wait until after 17 |november to get my hands on them!!

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Hi ferris54

Nice looking set - hope they sound as nice as Danny's set (or even better).

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Those pipes look sweet,and know they will sound so nice!!
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Very pretty and I love the key work
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they look like they will sound
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gee, there's more scallop on that chanter than last nights dinner!

looks cool...
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... O'Briain influenced keywork....?

...check the travel on the C nat. key......!
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I'd like to see some details of the reg keys - how did he connect them to the wood - looks like pins?
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Despite the the color and a few little changes I´d say it´s completely influenced by Cillian O Briain . The chanter scalloped holes is the same as my O Briain chanter , and also like Micky Dunne who makes O´Briain style pipes, as do many other makers eg ... Andy Faden ,,, Jim Wenham . In that case I would say the sound great and play well.

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it´s completely influenced by Cillian O Briain
And Brennan

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The pipes arrived today and they are better in the flesh than the photo`s. Everything was perfectly in tune and i`ve been playing on them for a couple of hours. I love the reg keys as you can slide up and down the keys smoothly.
I`m not a good enough player to post a clip of how they sound but Gordon recorded some clips in Ennis a couple of weeks ago with blackie o`connoll playing them


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From what I understand, Galloway and O'Brien have standardised and outsourced their keywork to a 3rd party. If quality standards are maintained, I think it should lead to quicker pipe production.
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Paul Reid wrote:I'd like to see some details of the reg keys - how did he connect them to the wood - looks like pins?
Here are some close up pictures

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Pretty!
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Re: My New pipes

Post by uilleannfinlander »

awesome work,look at the end of the pins etc
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