Ebay Items

A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the surly people who play them.
User avatar
PJ
Posts: 5894
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:23 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: ......................................................................................................
Location: Baychimo

Re: Ebay Items

Post by PJ »

My initial reaction was that it is a Pakistani-made set (particularly the bellows). However, on reflection, it looks like some Robbie Hughes sets I've seen.
PJ
User avatar
Mr.Gumby
Posts: 6698
Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:31 am
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Location: the Back of Beyond

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Mr.Gumby »

PJ wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:43 am
on reflection, it looks like some Robbie Hughes sets I've seen.
I wouldn't rule out it is actually a Ginzo. And it looks like someone did a hatchet job to shorten the mainstock.
My brain hurts

Image
User avatar
Steve Bliven
Posts: 2995
Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:06 pm
antispam: No
Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Steve Bliven »

Interesting connection of the chanter...

Best wishes.

Steve
Live your life so that, if it was a book, Florida would ban it.
User avatar
Fergmaun
Posts: 1042
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
Location: Belfast Ireland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Fergmaun »

Yes looks like set made by Robbie Hughes or similar maker Brendan O' Hare and maybe bellows by Jackie Boyce.

If you search on uilleann pipes obsession for Robbie Hughes or Brendan O'Hare you see sold pipes with similar looking pipes and bellows.

The Mainstock look like has no drone switch and the brass cup has slipped.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 2726432774
Uilleann Pipes for sale or swap Facebook cover photo
Image

Ebay photo
Image
Fergus Maunsell
Belfast
Ireland

http://www.myspace.com/fergusmaunsell
User avatar
MichaelLoos
Posts: 676
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:53 am
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: I'm here because I just wanted to change my location... but it turns out much more complicated than I thought. Do I already have the 100 required characters?
Location: Klietz, Germany

Re: Ebay Items

Post by MichaelLoos »

Pipes and bellows definitely made by Robbie, the bag doesn't look like one of his though, neither does the positioning of the stocks.
From the turning and ornamentation I would guess late 1980ies.
The outside leather hinge on the bellows as well as the hose connector might be a later addition.
Whatever happened to the main stock, I don't know, this certainly isn't original - to me, the ferrules don't look like his work either.
BTW, does anybody know if Robbie Hughes is still with us?
User avatar
Fergmaun
Posts: 1042
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
Location: Belfast Ireland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Fergmaun »

BTW, does anybody know if Robbie Hughes is still with us?
Yes
Hughes & Mclead LTD
https://www.facebook.com/bagpipereeds

I got Robbie by email few years ago for 2 D reeds for my D Rogge chanter.
Fergus Maunsell
Belfast
Ireland

http://www.myspace.com/fergusmaunsell
User avatar
pancelticpiper
Posts: 5404
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:25 am
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: Playing Scottish and Irish music in California for 45 years.
These days many discussions are migrating to Facebook but I prefer the online chat forum format.
Location: WV to the OC

Re: Ebay Items

Post by pancelticpiper »

"Fred Morrison" (McCallum) uilleann half-set

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204775875574?i ... ion=4%7C10

Have people in the Irish uilleann community tried these and formed an opinion of them?

I've not played one myself, but am skeptical about McCallum-made uilleann pipes.
Richard Cook
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
Tou-Che
Posts: 318
Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:03 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Tou-Che »

I actually have a friends Fred Morrison chanter at my house now. He asked me to look at it and see if I can get it playing better for him. In my opinion it Looks well made from the outside. The reed that came with it plays kind of ok but not well enough for my standards. Feels like it’s 70% there and with lots of play in it’ll get 80% there. I may have been ok with it if I didn’t know any better…if you know what I mean. It’s not fair evaluation as I have no clue how well the reed has been taken care of. I can say that I put my COB chanter reed in it and it played very well through-out. I would think a good Reedmaker can make this particular chanter play very well. The chanter cap needs a little more finishing on the interior. It’s really rough ruff and catches reed too easily.
User avatar
pancelticpiper
Posts: 5404
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:25 am
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: Playing Scottish and Irish music in California for 45 years.
These days many discussions are migrating to Facebook but I prefer the online chat forum format.
Location: WV to the OC

Re: Ebay Items

Post by pancelticpiper »

Tou-Che wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 3:01 pm I put my COB chanter reed in it and it played very well throughout. I would think a good Reedmaker can make this particular chanter play very well.
That's good to hear.

McCallum was smart to use their hegemony in the GHB world to sell Uilleann pipes to the vast number of GHB players who are itching to get into uilleann piping but have no knowledge about the uilleann world, have never heard of any Uilleann maker other than McCallum.

They had already done that with Scottish "Border" Pipes. Many GHB players around the world have never heard of Hamish Moore, Nigel Richards, or any of the other people who had been making "border" pipes for decades, and in fact didn't know that such an instrument existed until they saw somebody already prominent in the GHB world, Fred Morrison, demonstrating and hawking the McCallum version.

McCallum, I'm told, makes around 40 sets of GHBs a week. Once they had their CNC machines programmed to make Uilleann pipes, half-sets could be made at a faster rate than any other Uilleann pipe maker. The rate for Uilleann pipes would be lower than GHBs due to chanter keywork and bellows of course.
Richard Cook
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
Tou-Che
Posts: 318
Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:03 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8

Re: Ebay Items

Post by Tou-Che »

I feel like I'm seeing more and more McCallum sets popping up so they are definitely tapping into a market share. They look good, seam to play, and the turn around time is relatively short. It would have appealed to me when I was getting into it. I may be wrong but I think there is a connection of these pipes to the Hevia pipes albeit with a Dave Williams'eque facelift.
User avatar
BigDavy
Posts: 4892
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:50 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Larkhall Scotland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by BigDavy »

Payday, Piping, Percussion and Poetry- the 4 best Ps
User avatar
BigDavy
Posts: 4892
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:50 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Larkhall Scotland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by BigDavy »

Tommy Martin keyless chanter in D - seller (Tommy Martin himself I think) says a C nat key can be added for 50 Euros.

David
Payday, Piping, Percussion and Poetry- the 4 best Ps
User avatar
BigDavy
Posts: 4892
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:50 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Larkhall Scotland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by BigDavy »

Tim Benson half set - US only.

David
Payday, Piping, Percussion and Poetry- the 4 best Ps
User avatar
BigDavy
Posts: 4892
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:50 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Larkhall Scotland

Re: Ebay Items

Post by BigDavy »

Rogge 4 keyed C chanter - seller says he has modified it.

David
Payday, Piping, Percussion and Poetry- the 4 best Ps
User avatar
pancelticpiper
Posts: 5404
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:25 am
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: Playing Scottish and Irish music in California for 45 years.
These days many discussions are migrating to Facebook but I prefer the online chat forum format.
Location: WV to the OC

Re: Ebay Items

Post by pancelticpiper »

Tou-Che wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 11:32 am I feel like I'm seeing more and more McCallum sets popping up so they are definitely tapping into a market share.
I visited the McCallum factory on Thursday and it was interesting to see the various types of pipes they were making (Highland, Border, Scottish smallpipe, uilleann) and also the vast quantities of things they had sitting around waiting for finishing and assembling.

Here's a stand of uilleann chanters:
Image

Here's the only regulator I saw, a Bass with a quite large bore:

(The receipt says Ayrshire Kilt Shop which incorporates the McCallum showroom and adjoins the factory)

Image
Richard Cook
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
Post Reply