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Welcome back, Peter.

Me too.

Pipes are sold, thanks to all who expressed interest.

Good man yourself, David.

Lemonwood, 4 drones (G drone in addition to 3 C drones), keyless chanter with wooden reedcap, brass and imitation ivory. Tenor drone is missing base mount (flush to mainstock) as it cracked and fell off. Padded bellows. Chanter reed and spare by Alan Burton, drone reeds need to be reworked/replaced....

Just curious to know if the Seery full set that just sold off ebay for $3k went to someone on the board....I'd be interested to know how it plays out.

J

The actual name of the Norman Blake song is "Billy Gray".

"youre joking, right? it's clearly a thread about Uilleann players around the world. There's no 'chauvinism' intended here. Why drag the GHB into it?, as everyone knows one cant spit without hitting a piper in NS, ....jimmeh." Mmm.....riiiight....I don't think I'm the one lacking levity he...

You can't really be serious in calling Nova Scotia piperless--that would be taking uilleann chauvinism to a new extreme. Do ye no realize wha' that name translates teh.......laddie?

This is the sexiest discussion of woodwinds I've heard in a long time.

Might want to add Gay McKeon to category #2.

"If I'm correct, neither Harry nor David chimed in, nor would they need to, and dare I say want to."

"....even if they choose not to pitch in to a piss-off like this has devolved into"


Yup, I think we see eye-to-eye on that.

"This web the we light-weights (aside from Tommy M.) try to write about is fine fodder for us to ponder. However, this going on about traditional music, what is , could be, is not etc. sure wouldn't be anything I'd ever sign my name to. It reads very shallow. Try talking to the likes of a James...

Van Morrison got me there, believe it or not. I guess if you're going to say Flatley, you might as well say Spillane, but I had no knowledge of him or Riverdance until welll after the whole craze had fizzled out.

I'm in possession of a half-set whose maker is out of the game. Said maker recommended Joe Kennedy to fit regs and Joe is amenable to the suggestion. My issue is that I can only afford to fit one at a time and, in fact, the first one I fit may be the whole kit and kaboodle for awhile. Which one do f...