We have two prototypes. The first is currently with Cillian Vallely given
that he is carrying out the final “test drive”; and the second prototype is
the one we are working on here.
Mr Vallely will be returning the vPipes-Uilleann prototype at the William
Kennedy Piping Festival (Armagh) in November with his “report and
conclusions” so to speak
We are receiving tremendous reviews from people who have tried it so far
such as Cillian Vallely, Fred Morrison, Diarmaid Moynihan, Anxo Lorenzo
amongst others,(even Paddy Moloney thought it was marvellous when he tried
it briefly just before a concert a few weeks ago).
An important part of the sound quality comes from the fantastic sound
samples that we were lucky enough to get Cillian Vallely to record for us at
Trevor Hutchinson’s studio in Ireland. Incidentally, Cillian has recorded
both his priceless Rowsome and Froment flat and concert sets for our
Uilleann sound samples, and other pipes' sound samples are in the "pipeline"
such as GHB, Gaitas, Whistles etc.
Although all the R+D has been finalised some time ago, there are many
production processes that are out of our strict control and which we are
currently negotiating. It is for this reason that we are unable to give
exact "available by" date although we expect that the first units will be
available in the not too distant future. The sooner the better for all
concerned!
The special limited launch price is still at 980 Euros (plus local taxes and
deliveries - that obviously vary from country to country).
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