strange old bagpipe uilleann?

carel · Post by **carel** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:44 am

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billh · Post by **billh** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:44 am

It's strange all right, but I'm not sure it's old.

Looks like a/d/A/D drones to me. Without the chanter it's anyone's guess...

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:25 am

"Odd bagpipe found at an antique store"

It's says "ODD" Carel.., not old.. ;p
Just like you.., oh no wait.., you are old too..

Few weeks eh? You're going i assume?

carel · Post by **carel** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:37 am

It's written OLD in the title RICK
but it is odd,
and I am very young
but older than you

carel

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:46 pm

1. They are odd.
2. They don't appear to be "old" - unless one counts a mildew-infested bag cover as a barometer of age.

3. Scottish smallpipes, anyone?

elbogo · Post by **elbogo** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:17 pm

"I accept money orders only, and charge actual shipping once destination is known (no bogus "shipping and handling" charges)."

Interesting quote, which I seem to read quite often, with regard to piping related things, especially the "no bogus "shipping and handling" charges."

Seems one guy sort of has numerous names selling lots of items.

Just an observation.

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:10 am

Scottish Border Pipes. They don't look at all odd to me? :roll:
Uilliam

L42B · Post by **L42B** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:00 am

Hi

They look a lot like Scottis Smallpipes. They come in both 3 drone and 4 drone version. 4 drones are used if you have two chanters in different keys. I'm guessing that the set was orriginally a combination set, meaning that it was orriginally made with interchangeable chanters (like mine). The most common combination sets are those with an A or D chanter.

L42B

PS: I'm not sure who the makers of those pipes are.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:33 am

I'm not too familiar with this instrument. Was/is it a common thing to style the drones after their larger cousin, the GHB? This is the first GHB style set of drones I have seen on this type of instrument.

ballysodare · Post by **ballysodare** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:02 am

It looks to me as if they are a set of 'border' or 'reel' pipe drones with switchable drones. If I don't miss my guess, you can see the "switcher" in the middle of the main stock.

Cheers

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:24 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote: Was/is it a common thing to style the drones after their larger cousin, the GHB?

Yep,common as dog sh*t.
Uilliam

L42B · Post by **L42B** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:32 pm

Ah, no...Uilleam (sorry to burst your bubble

). The only thing that Scotts Smallpipes have in comomon with the GHB is the chanter. The two big drones (on an A chanter) are tuned to A, with the two small drones tuned to E. This creates a contstant chord being played. Unlike the GHB's where every drone is tuned to A, this creates the affect of one constant note. Both types of drone setups do extreamly well (when tuned

).

L42B

PS: It's normall for Scotts Smallpipes to be sold accompanied with both chanters (or one if it's not a combination set); rather strange for it to be sold with just the drones, bag and bellows.

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:41 pm

Test

The Sporting Pitchfork · Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:11 pm

L42B wrote:Ah, no...Uilleam (sorry to burst your bubble ). The only thing that Scotts Smallpipes have in comomon with the GHB is the chanter. The two big drones (on an A chanter) are tuned to A, with the two small drones tuned to E. This creates a contstant chord being played. Unlike the GHB's where every drone is tuned to A, this creates the affect of one constant note. Both types of drone setups do extreamly well (when tuned ).

L42B

PS: It's normall for Scotts Smallpipes to be sold accompanied with both chanters (or one if it's not a combination set); rather strange for it to be sold with just the drones, bag and bellows.

Sorry to burst your bubble, L42B, but I would concur with Uilliam that they're probably drones for Scottish Border Pipes...in which case, the design of the drones often does look a little bit like GHBs. Depends on the maker, though. Nigel Richard used to make his drones a bit like that (check out the pipes Fred Morrison plays in "Rob Roy") but he doesn't anymore. Odd that they have four drones, though. Perhaps one is pitched in D and the other in E?

My guess is that they're just a cheapo set of border pipe drones and that somebody, either the maker or somebody else, plugged the stock into an uilleann pipe bag. A few uilleann pipe makers have screwed around with making other types of pipes, so who knows...

But more importantly, who cares?

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:17 am

I was talking about BORDER PIPES not small pipes

Uilliam