seth gallagher chanter on ebay

flooter1979 · Post by **flooter1979** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:50 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Seth-Gallagher-Uill ... dZViewItem

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:52 pm

How often does imitation ivory crack?

Stuart

The Sporting Pitchfork · Sat May 26, 2007 9:55 pm

Well, you see it often enough with GHBs...Rare with things that aren't getting covered in lung vapor all the time, though, I would imagine...

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun May 27, 2007 3:13 am

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:... covered in lung vapor...

... yummy.

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sun May 27, 2007 8:01 am

Huh. I ain't never seen in it GHBs but maybe I wasn't looking.

Stuart

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:15 am

It's sold now, so.. what do you think: did someone take the file to that F hole or is it just a funny perspective?

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:42 am

I was thinking the same thing, Peter. Looks like you could fall into that hole! Must (I hope!) be a shadow thing.

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:52 am

I actually got out my own concert chanter (Kennedy, not Gallagher) and took a gander. I was thinking the same thing as you two.

You're both photographers, but it doesn't look like a perspective thing to me. Yikes!

Stuart

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:27 pm

Your man probably sat down with his tuner and went for equal temp

The Nyyaaa · Post by **The Nyyaaa** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:46 pm

Aren't Gallagher chanters a bit large-holed anyway? Never played one, just curious.

The Nyyaaa

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:23 pm

Hey Nyyaaa, welcome aboard.

This according to Paddy Moloney on Seth's chanter: "To me they have the nyyaaa, it's lovely." --Paddy Moloney

carel · Post by **carel** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:34 pm

The Nyyaaa wrote:Aren't Gallagher chanters a bit large-holed anyway? Never played one, just curious.

The Nyyaaa

hello Nyyaaa

the chanters on his website have a similar F hole

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:58 pm

I'm looking at a Mark Hillmann chanter I have in the shop for reeding, and the F hole on it seems perspectively similar in size to the one on the Gallagher chanter.

I'm thinking it is an unaltered chanter and that shadows are playing tricks.

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:21 pm

did someone take the file to that F hole or is it just a funny perspective?

I think it's just the angle of the picture. Although, you could drive a car through the F# hole on my Bourke and Rowsome chanters.

Your man probably sat down with his tuner and went for equal temp

I've been thinking lately that it'd be no harm if makers offered a choice.
I had a few tunes with a piano box player lately and my C# note was just out of tune.

I know all the theorys behind the natural intonation vs. equal temperament but what I want to know is WHY is this instrument, the most complex and newest developement on the bagpipe, still using a tuning system that just seems dated.

I think this may deserve a seperate thread.....

Tommy