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Tell us something.: Not a new musician, but fairly new to the Uilleann Pipes. I am primarily a bass player, studied jazz bass in university, but also play, piano, saxophone, clarinet and drums. Looking forward to a long and happy experience with the pipes!
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Something else to look forward to, is this a new strategy to raise the anticipation for piping documentaries. Heres a taster of another upcoming one.
https://youtu.be/EVLy3EMTGPs
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rorybbellows wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:19 am Something else to look forward to, is this a new strategy to raise the anticipation for piping documentaries. Heres a taster of another upcoming one.
https://youtu.be/EVLy3EMTGPs
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A fine documentary. I hadn't heard of Nance the piper, Kitty Hanly, or Anna Barry before. I didn't know that May McCarthy played a Harrington set either. Just heard that the set is in private ownership. Great to hear it being played by Louise too.
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a Harrington set
Hmm, it did not look a lot like one. One key on the regs, perhaps. Not a typical one anyway.

One problem I had with the thing : the unnecessary am dram like scenes where there is no need for it at all. It is something that happens in many tg4 documentaries . It is clumsy and distracting.

And solo piping, is that too much to ask for?

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Hmm, it did not look a lot like one. One key on the regs, perhaps. Not a typical one anyway.
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Yes I noticed that, the one key on the bass reg as is also seen in the photo of May as a young girl with the set. The bass drone bend and puck look to be Harrington's style, and the ferrules too I think. It's possible that the other original regulator keys have removed for some reason I suppose. I asked Louise on Facebook and she said it was a Harrington set, in private ownership as said. In the documentary Ann Mitchell Ingoldsby (edit) says "it's a Harrington set", then says "the chanter is Harrington". (Edit): I see now that this set was May's Harrington set that was renovated by Eoin Ó Riabhaigh for Liam Collins of Cork. Yes, it would have been nice to hear each piper play a solo tune or two.
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Steampacket wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:48 am
In the documentary Ann Mitchell Goldsworthy says "it's a Harrington set",
Given my Anglo/Irish provenance from my father's side, Goldsworthy and St Aubyn/Lawler, imagine my excitement reading this having not yet seen the film, thinking perhaps she could be a relative, only to find that her name is actually Mary Mitchell Ingolsby! :lol:
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Sorry about that, realized after I wrote that it was Ingoldsby not Goldsworthy, but forgot to correct the post.
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