Quinn half set on eBay
- MarkS
- Posts: 242
- Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 3:03 pm
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: Southeastern PA, USA
Quinn half set on eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 56558&rd=1
Anyone have any thoughts on this half set?
Would this be a reasonable choice for a Northumbrian smallpiper looking to get into uilleann piping?
Cheers,
Mark
Anyone have any thoughts on this half set?
Would this be a reasonable choice for a Northumbrian smallpiper looking to get into uilleann piping?
Cheers,
Mark
- Patrick D'Arcy
- Posts: 3188
- Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2001 6:00 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 12
- Location: Los Angeles (via Dublin, Ireland)
- Contact:
- Joseph E. Smith
- Posts: 13780
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:40 pm
- antispam: No
- Location: ... who cares?...
- Contact:
Deffinitely worth the price... but djm is right, this set should go to someone who is serious about playing the Uilleann Pipes...like me...now I just gotta remember where I put the proceeds from that last 'bank job' that I ... uh....whoops... gotta go...
Seriously, it would be a shame if they went to someone who stuffed them into a closet after one or two attempts at playing them. These are among the make of pipes that need to played and heard, not hoarded and silent.
Seriously, it would be a shame if they went to someone who stuffed them into a closet after one or two attempts at playing them. These are among the make of pipes that need to played and heard, not hoarded and silent.
- Joseph E. Smith
- Posts: 13780
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:40 pm
- antispam: No
- Location: ... who cares?...
- Contact:
...I wish... There's three lynch, a Pakistani, one Britton, an O'Grady, a Whitmer, a Rogge, a Gallagher and one Roberts...I think. The avatar photo was taken at the Florida Tionol in Gainesville this past February. during a break Kathleen Cavanagh arranged the chanters, took a number of photos, and posted them on her web site: 'Florida Uilleann Piper's Resource Guide'.
The Tionol was a tremendous success, due primarily to John Maze and his tireless efforts to put it together and pull it off....thanks again John!
The Quinn halfset would look nice draped across my lap however....hmmm...aw, I can't. I just ordered a new chanter and I am eagerly awaiting its arrival in roughly two and a half months.
The Tionol was a tremendous success, due primarily to John Maze and his tireless efforts to put it together and pull it off....thanks again John!
The Quinn halfset would look nice draped across my lap however....hmmm...aw, I can't. I just ordered a new chanter and I am eagerly awaiting its arrival in roughly two and a half months.
- fel bautista
- Posts: 2162
- Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2003 1:43 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 12
- Location: Raleigh 753 circa 1979 in Diamond Bar, Ca
- DMQuinn
- Posts: 166
- Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2002 6:00 pm
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: Scenic and historic Waterloo, NY.
Just for the record, the chanter is one I made in 1984, of the same run as the one BK had. While it is not the same as the ones we're making now, it has been well reeded and a number of good players have approved.
I cannot say anything one way or the other about the reeds or their condition as they exist now: I can only verify that the last time the chanter was in the shop, it was fine, and I have no reason to believe that anything has been done to it in the meantime.
The rest of what is being offered now (i.e., drones, bag, chanter, case) were supplied to the previous owner in 2000, so by rights it is a Koehler and Quinn half set, inasmuch as BK also went over the chanter at about that time. It might also be of interest to note that the starting bid of $2400 is well above the total cost of what I or we supplied to the original owners, but something like $800 cheaper than a half set as supplied today.
I cannot say anything one way or the other about the reeds or their condition as they exist now: I can only verify that the last time the chanter was in the shop, it was fine, and I have no reason to believe that anything has been done to it in the meantime.
The rest of what is being offered now (i.e., drones, bag, chanter, case) were supplied to the previous owner in 2000, so by rights it is a Koehler and Quinn half set, inasmuch as BK also went over the chanter at about that time. It might also be of interest to note that the starting bid of $2400 is well above the total cost of what I or we supplied to the original owners, but something like $800 cheaper than a half set as supplied today.
- Steve Pribyl
- Posts: 239
- Joined: Sat Oct 13, 2001 6:00 pm
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: Culver City, CA
- Contact:
David,DMQuinn wrote:The rest of what is being offered now (i.e., drones, bag, chanter, case) were supplied to the previous owner in 2000, so by rights it is a Koehler and Quinn half set, inasmuch as BK also went over the chanter at about that time. It might also be of interest to note that the starting bid of $2400 is well above the total cost of what I or we supplied to the original owners, but something like $800 cheaper than a half set as supplied today.
Thanks for your comments. You addressed a number of the questions on my mind.
Steve
- Steve Pribyl
- Posts: 239
- Joined: Sat Oct 13, 2001 6:00 pm
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: Culver City, CA
- Contact:
- Joseph E. Smith
- Posts: 13780
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:40 pm
- antispam: No
- Location: ... who cares?...
- Contact: