Tell us something.: I used to play pipes about 20 years ago and suddenly abducted by aliens. Not sure why... but it's 2022 and I'm mysteriously baack...
i only have one picture, iam in the usa and the pipes are in manchester uk,i should have took more pics. probably cause i took to many pictures of my new turbo booster.
Dionys wrote:My question (if I were purchasing the set and lived in the US) would be: do you have a CITES certificate for the Ivory, or is it mammoth Ivory.
Importing Ivory into the US is a chancy thing at best without the proper documentation.
Dionys
If nobody states that it's ivory, nobody will think it is.
Don't chance it. I lost a bagpipe practice chanter from around 1920 because some inspector caught it in the mail, during a random inspection. At the time I was ignorant of the fact that it doesn't matter if the ivory was harvested prior to the 70's, if you don't have a CITES cert. After the fact, I was able to provide credible testimony (from an ex-fish and wildlife enforcement officer and pipemajor), that there was no way this could have been produced after the 60's. They didn't care; saying I should have known better. I spoke with the supervisor in charge of the inspectors, who was very apologetic over holding such an obviously old and small item. However, the reply I recieved to my appeal letter (written by the legal staff of the department) made me out a some kind of devious smuggler and felon. All in all, I saw the whole incident as a tragedy of personal (mine) and bureaucratic (their) ignorance. It's painful to think about.
Don't chance it. I lost a bagpipe practice chanter from around 1920 because some inspector caught it in the mail, during a random inspection. At the time I was ignorant of the fact that it doesn't matter if the ivory was harvested prior to the 70's, if you don't have a CITES cert. After the fact, I was able to provide credible testimony (from an ex-fish and wildlife enforcement officer and pipemajor), that there was no way this could have been produced after the 60's. They didn't care; saying I should have known better. I spoke with the supervisor in charge of the inspectors, who was very apologetic over holding such an obviously old and small item. However, the reply I recieved to my appeal letter (written by the legal staff of the department) made me out a some kind of devious smuggler and felon. All in all, I saw the whole incident as a tragedy of personal (mine) and bureaucratic (their) ignorance. It's painful to think about.
Tilt the hat and put me in the corner...I forgot where I was. The U-pipers know we GHBers really are criminals....