2 Ginsberg full sets on ebay

Uilleann Pipes
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This one’s in C, new and is being sold by Ginsberg’s brother (?):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16226&item=7304410993&rd=1

This one’s Concert, second-hand and seems to be from a different seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16226&item=7304530629&rd=1

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Aren’t the tone holes a little big for a flat chanter?

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Aren’t the tone holes a little big for a flat chanter?

Maybe a bit bigger than other designs but large tone hole “flat” chanters are not a new thing as neither are wide bore C chanters.
One time I was chatting to pipe-maker John Lambe who was thinking of designing a wide bore C chanter. I told him to go to a certain person who had a wide bore C made by Willie Rowsome. John was gutted, he thought he came up with a great new idea but it had been around for 100/120 years already.

Those Ginsberg pipes certainly look like fine instruments. I was just listening to a cassette of London piper, John Murphy from the Willie Week one year and his Ginsberg set are sounding mighty.
Tommy

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Thanks, Tommy. Ya learn something new every day.

Indeed they do. I’d love to hear a set first-hand.

Cheers,
Mark

5

The prices aren’t too bad for fullsets I need money.

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Has anyone here bought one of the previously listed “new” Ginsberg sets from Ebay? What was the playing quality?

dave boling

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Alans “flat” chanters are based upon Matt Keirnan’s but whether Matt copied another maker or came up with the slightly larger tone holes I do not know.

As an example here are some basic measurements for a Matt Keirnan Bb

Overall Length 470 (18.5")

Bore - Throat is 3.9 at 12.7 from the top end. Bottom end is 11.

Tenon into the stock is 31.75 long with Outside Diameter 14

Outside diameters are 16 at back d and 21 at the Ghost D.

Measurements are from the end of the tenon i.e. 31.75 from the top end.

d - 116 / 5.55 dia
c# - 136.5 / 4.7 dia
b - 168.25 / 5.55 dia
a - 205.5 / 6.35 dia
g - 250 / 4.76 dia
f# - 285.75 / 6.35 dia
e - 322.25 / 3.9 dia
eb - 358.75 / 4.7 dia

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Bidding has ended for the Alan Ginsberg flat set of pipes in C made in rosewood, brass and artificial ivory, a copy of a Michael Egan set made in 1840

timmckinley is the winner price was £2,000.00