Pictures of Your Pipes

elbogo · Post by **elbogo** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 1:44 am

Ok! Here is my practise set, Williams boxwood (which arrived Saturday), MacHarg bag and a Lynch bellows... and I can hold a fairly long D!!

and the chanter, a wee bit closer:

and taken with my brand new Olympus digital, which I'm still learning to use.

By the way, anyone have some Williams drones to go with this chanter?

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omarapiping · Post by **omarapiping** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 2:55 am

Tony, I don't want to best the 16 year old, but I'm currently playing a "79 vintage Wooff in C. They are #12 which he made here in Perth Aust. I'll post some pics before I return them to my father.
Cheers,
Liam

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 4:54 am

Elbogo... great shots. You can see the trademark scalloped toneholes. Hey, that makes us 'boxwood' buddies. Much success with your set!

Liam, Is your C set also in boxwood? I'm pleased to hear of other Wooff vintage sets in existance. Do post the pictures for us to see. Rough calculations indicates he made about 7 sets a year back then.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:11 am

This is a great thread...let's see if we can't keep it up! It would be great if we could get a "page" full* of pics of everybody's sets.

I've always said that the UP's are like living creatures with souls...now I have more evidence! We pipers are like a bunch of grannies showing off pictures of our grandkids!

"see...here's junior with his boxwood mounts and hand-rolled ferrules"

"ahh..now isn't he precious!"

omarapiping · Post by **omarapiping** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:25 pm

Tony, there is few of us out here in Perth with some old Wooff's. Hopefully I may be able to get pics of all of them. The set I'm playing is blackwood, silver and whales tooth ivory. Quite a fine looking set, that is once the silver has been polished!

Slan,
Liam O'Mara

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 1:33 pm

I have a few pictures of old Wooff sets at http://www.uilleannobsession.com/diary_2002.html#bil

Any others would be great to see and possibly host on my site?

Patrick.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 5:43 pm

Elbogo, After a long wait it looks like congratulations are in order! Very nice practice set. Great photos too. I'm still waiting for my Rogge set.

-Paul

elbogo · Post by **elbogo** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 3:09 am

Thanks Paul, but now I know the sweet agony of learning how to play, and let me tell you, it ain't easy, but it sure is wonderful! As I edited above, my chanter is telling me it needs some drones to go with it!

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:00 pm

Seán Potts {plus Rogge set} casting pearls to the following swine at Strathspey in May '02 [left to right]:
Marc MacAn Fhilidh
Duncan MacInnes {Williams}
Rory O'Connell {O'Briain}
Vince Riordan {O'Briain}
and ME! {Rogge}

....I've just realised that Duncan was the only Scotsman there [rest Irish].

Boyd
http://www.strathspeyinmay.com

Edited to put in the text once I'd seen that the picture was visible.

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glands · Post by **glands** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:47 pm

Good heavens! That decor would subdue anybody's piping.

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 7:02 am

The decor was certainly ornate and bright, but then again, Seán's playing is too.
I didn't notice the decor until you pointed it out....I guess Seán must have been a clear winner!!

Boyd

marcpipes · Post by **marcpipes** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:35 pm

Who got frustrated with their bass drone and left the bend on the table? (bottom left of the picture)
Marc

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 5:37 pm

Marc....

........could have been any of us....

Boyd

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 8:14 pm

Here is my Rogge Delrin Practice Set and my whistles. 2 sweethearts C & G and a Copeland soprano D.

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Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:29 am

Still cold from the UPS delivery truck. A Childress fullset in D. I bought these pipes used and had Bruce Childress perform some 'magic' to reburbish a few things.

Larger picture (808k) here:
http://www.angar.net/pipes/childress_fullset.jpg

Many thanks to BC Childress for the outstanding customer service.