Sean,
Do these look familiar to you?
Cheers,
Jeff
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 Later HuH ?
Sean
Alright. John Campbell sent me a pic of his own Brown or Crowley (the Irish ones this time) set - it had those huge teardrop reg keys, I think. Or keys like that, but in between brackets…must fish out that Polaroid.
The keyed double chanter is really cool. The big key surrounding the back D is for d’‘’ I think - a way of providing that note that the Taylors never thought of; you don’t see it on their chanters with the folded keys, with their chanters you obtain the note with the crossfingering, as described in Patsy Touhey’s “Hints to Amateur Pipers”; their forged key ones have it, though, along with the long block mounts. Does this double chanter say P Brown somewhere? Or any of these other pieces? The blog of verdigris inside the bore is funky stuff, too. Looks like another batch of sticks that spent some time in a moldy cellar.
Seem to recall a chanter like that double in the Angus shop at some point. Maybe the Carney.
The keys at the top of the double chanter are for e’‘’ and f’‘’ or f#‘’‘, for the uninitiated. I have an e’‘’ key on my Bb chanter and am to up a whopping 3 tunes I’ve found a use for it in…
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 ?
I got together with Mr. Rosenberger a short while back and photographed all of those pieces. They are not in good shape, but there are reeds in the double chanter, so reed dimensions could be derived if needed. There are a vareity of non-matching drone pieces and other regulator pieces with the set. It’s really a mixed bag.
The Froment 4-reg CP set is going nicely. I love that set of pipes. I play it every day and I get an enormous amount of joy from it. Next time I see you I want to blow a few tunes on that moto mounted set of yours!
Cheers!
Jeff
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” set, ANYTIME you visit Carmel Valley or Kinmundy, Illinois.
I don’t think I’m going to be in the LA area anytime soon, but I never know maybe sometime in
the Future !
This turned into some “Thread” say-what-YEAH !
Sean Folsom
Small pic of Patsy at the biographical page at whistler/scribbler/saxamophonist Larry McCullough’s site. A huge/blurry version was printed full page in Pat Sky’s tutor for the pipes.
Thanks for posting the photo Kevin. It’s great.
My set is currently with Jim Carroll, who is doing a few minor repairs and bits of restoration to get them going as good as new. I will post a pic and maybe a soundfile when I get them back.
Rick
Just thought I’d post some new photos of my antique Taylor-esque set and Patsy Brown chanter, which was discussed earlier in this thread. I’ve just collected the set from Jim Carroll, who has had them in the shop for a few weeks for some repair and restoration work.
The set was leaking like a sieve from several places when I brought them to Jim. After investigation and discussion with me, Jim performed a number of fixes, including repairing and re-soldering the H-slide for the bass drone, making a new endcap for the baritone reg and making a new drone shut off switch. He also replaced tuning pins on all the regs, and fashioned new blackwood end pieces for the pins. He also repaired the internal valve for the chanter stop key so that the airflow shuts off properly when used.
As you can see from the photos, Jim did a superb job making the replacement parts to match the look of the original pipes. The pipes are now airtight, in tune and looking and playing just great. They almost look new when polished up, which is quite amazing given their age.
This is the second set of pipes I have had into Jim for repairs in the last couple of years, and I can definitely recommend his work.
Rick
Just came across this photo of the Rowsome Quartet on Kevin Rowsome’s website. Tom Rowsome (third from the left) appears to be playing a set of pipes very similar to the ones discussed on this thread a couple of years ago. Does anyone know any more about this set, or who the maker was?
Rick
