K&Q B set

glands · Post by **glands** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:09 pm

I noted the K&Q 3/4 set in B is for sale once again as listed in the recent NPU rag. The set is surely acquiring a history of ownership. Imagine the stories it could tell!

Steve Pribyl · Post by **Steve Pribyl** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:23 pm

I don't get that "rag" anymore. Is there an asking price?

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:43 pm

Asking price is $6000. Rosewood chanter, boxwood drones, pearwood regulators according to the advert. Set is five years old.

glands · Post by **glands** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:19 am

This set was first owned by Tom Kennedy...then Lorenzo....and now by at least two different people in Europe if memory serves me correctly.

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:39 am

Is this the set?? (From page 1 of Picture your pipes thread)

Lorenzo wrote:A ¾ Koehler & Quinn set in B made in about 1999 (?).

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The chanter doesn't look like it's rosewood but the drones could be boxwood and the regulators could be pear.

glands · Post by **glands** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:07 am

My assumption is that that is the set but that assumption should be verified. Perhaps a "chanter switch" was made along the way. JOBM ought to be able to provide details at either one of the tionols.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:02 am

The chanter above was made of ziricote and as dark as it looks. I suppose someone could confuse it with rosewood if they'd seen rosewood that was especially dark, but the rosewood chanters, flutes, and other instruments I've seen don't look like ziricote at all. For a stop key, the chanter has a violin like peg through the reed cap. Picture is here on D'Arcy's uilleannobsession.com/extras_k&q page.

http://www.uilleannobsession.com/photos ... regs_2.jpg

What's the "Rag" referring to?

glands · Post by **glands** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:17 am

What's the "Rag" referring to?

Slang for magazine or periodical.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:38 am

NPU must have a separate listing in their magazine, apart from the classified ads online at http://www.pipers.ie/en/ads.lasso --at least I don't find it there.

elbogo · Post by **elbogo** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:14 pm

Hm, makes one wonder if there's something wrong with this set(?)

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:26 pm

In the case of the current seller, he states that harp is his primary instrument and that he bought the set on a whim, more or less. However, one must wonder why the pipes keep changing hands.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:37 pm

I wish I had $6K for a whim

daveboling · Post by **daveboling** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:44 am

glands wrote:I noted the K&Q 3/4 set in B is for sale once again as listed in the recent NPU rag. The set is surely acquiring a history of ownership. Imagine the stories it could tell!

Lewis,
Spot me $6k and I'll bring it to your house for an afternoon of storytelling

dave boling

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:53 am

Tom Kennedy (the Maine-based piper) used to have sound clips of this instrument up on his personal website. There is nothing and I mean nothing wrong with the sound of this set.

Lorenzo can vouch for that.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:07 am

There was a lot of discussion when this set was up for sale a while back. David Quinn had sold it off as a 'proto/experiment'. Nothing wrong with the sound. The set would have an unusual aesthetic but one sees unusual sets out there. But 6K is still a sizable investment. Will this set appreciate over time?

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