On eBAY: Uilleann (Irish) pipes D chanter by Peter Hunter

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:44 am

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Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:51 am

Cool...

maw · Post by **maw** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:27 pm

"It comes with a fine reed made last year by Andy Faden, who makes reeds for Cillian O'Briain"

I can vouch for Andy Faden's reeds, I have one in my chanter and it's top notch, great sound and well made. What's more, he's a jolly decent chap too, living round the corner from John Bunyan's church.

In fact, it was Cillian who put me in touch with Andy.

reedman · Post by **reedman** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:17 pm

You won't play on anything finer than a Hunter Concert D stick,
lovely bit of 'Kit' that big bottom D will blow your ears off!.

Stefan_Kayat · Post by **Stefan_Kayat** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:43 pm

I do play a Hunter half set and the sound is a big one indeed. Only good things to be said about it!
/Stefan

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:54 pm

Both Sean Potts and Ronan Browne play Peter Hunter chanters. In fact, Potts' set is PH

reedman · Post by **reedman** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:17 pm

Peter Hunter has to be, the finest Uilleann Pipe maker this Century by far, without any doubt,
two chanters on the Drones and the Chanter vol.2
can't be bad for any master pipemaker.

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:03 pm

You'll never get one like this for a long time..............
Tommy

reedman · Post by **reedman** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:26 am

The biding hasn't started yet Tom, me olde piper,might have a
go me self, already got one though, it'll never come in 'Wrong'to have another as a spare.

Elmek · Post by **Elmek** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:18 am

I do play a Hunter half set and the sound is a big one indeed. Only good things to be said about it!

Hello Stefan

Am I mis-reading or are you hinting that their some not quite such good things about it ?

Elmek

reedman · Post by **reedman** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:05 am

When I hit the Hunter bottom D'sss, it reminds me of shouting some of my enemie's

, its like a machine 'Gun', of course you have to have the right calibre of reed, the list is getting shorter though

, then I usually have a 'nap' in the lovely evening English 'air'.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:06 pm

Chanter is the engine for a set and a great one is worth its weight in gold. A quality chanter, like this one, does not get offered on its own in an open market too often.

I used to say many years ago that a nice set (in resale) was never offered to half a dozen people, on account of one of the first five would snap it up or direct the deal to someone on the hunt for a nice set with cash. The eBAY model changes that a bit!

Stefan_Kayat · Post by **Stefan_Kayat** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:45 pm

I do play a Hunter half set and the sound is a big one indeed. Only good things to be said about it!

Hello Stefan

Am I mis-reading or are you hinting that their some not quite such good things about it ?

Hello Elmek,

You are misreading; English isn't my first language so it could be on account of that. I think this set by Peter, and especially yhe chanter, is flawless. I hope to play it for the rest of my life. (I'll make a few breaks for eating & sleeping, though!)

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Chris Bayley · Post by **Chris Bayley** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:58 pm

Can confirm that Peter Hunter sets are easy to reed and sound well.

Had Stefan and his set in the workshop last week during the heatwave - Stefan, I hope your new reeds have survived the transition to a more northerly climate

Chris

anima · Post by **anima** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:48 pm

reedman wrote:Peter Hunter has to be, the finest Uilleann Pipe maker this Century by far, without any doubt,
two chanters on the Drones and the Chanter vol.2
can't be bad for any master pipemaker.

OK now, what are you basing this opinion on?