Pictures of Your Pipes

KevinCorkery · Post by **KevinCorkery** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:32 pm

WOW! Love the bead work engraved on the silver. The ivory surrounding the stock looks great too. Haven't seen that before.

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:01 pm

I recieved these pics via email this evening from CJ Dixon. Just two shots, the instrument is not in my hands yet, but here's "1/2" of the "3/4":

I'm elated!!!

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:09 pm

Congrats!

Nice pipes.

Mukade

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:52 pm

Pictures of Regulators by Gordon Galloway

Gordon Galloway lives 30 miles from me, and he has been developing his regs for some time now. He's just sent me some nice pix. Definitely O'Briain or Taylor influenced. You can just see his workshop in the background in one of the pics (the one with the pipes on the ground).
Thanks to Pat D'arcy for hosting these pix.

Boyd

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:02 pm

Not sure if I ever posted a pic of my KQ C half set in brown ebony.

Cheers,

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:20 pm

Nice! On both accounts.

gregorygraham · Post by **gregorygraham** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:16 am

Paul,

As I said to you when I saw your set live, it's truly a sexy beast with a sound to match. The light brown colour of the wood should blend nicely over time with the brass. You are in good company with that K & Q C, there's no doubt. Emmett Gill's new album features his K & Q C and sounds divine.

Do me a favour and start hassling Steafan about our next meeting.

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:14 am

Agreed - I will bug him.

Emmett played my set when I was out in June, as did Brian McN, Kevin R, Mick O'B, Mickey D, Peter L, and others and it was reviewed nearly unanimously by all to be a superb set. Peter has a preference for Wooff sets which is quite understandable, and the reed on the bass drone was wonked out accidentally by me when I visited him. He is a fine player for certain!

It was marvellous listening to Emmett play, he's a fantastic guy and a great night driver! Cheers Emmett!

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:10 pm

Chanter (almost finished)in C made from cocobola, brass and elephant friendly plastic.

What do yous think about the stop key to the front or back?

Tommy

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:17 pm

VERY nice grain on that cocobolo!! Great job!!

I'm a fan of a stop key in the front; makes more sence to me (function wise, I know people will disagree), and they look so elegant that you might as well show them off.

Can't wait to see it all the way done!

billh · Post by **billh** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:16 pm

tompipes wrote: What do yous think about the stop key to the front or back?

Tommy

Depends, do you like d or c# to be the note that sounds momentarily when you open/close the key?

I prefer and suggest "back", unless you are heavy into the thumb-rubbing back d triplet.

Bill

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:20 am

Why not put a long key running down the side to the lower hand thumb. Then no note has to be sounded for you to open/close the stop valve.

Debbie Quigley:

Benedict Koehler:

(Photos taken from Pipers Gathering website)

I imagine David Quinn made both of these.

tommykleen · Post by **tommykleen** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:56 pm

Yes, if it is in the back you can get that great *bip!* that Touhey gets at the end of a set.

T

billh wrote:
tompipes wrote: What do yous think about the stop key to the front or back?

Tommy
Depends, do you like d or c# to be the note that sounds momentarily when you open/close the key?

I prefer and suggest "back", unless you are heavy into the thumb-rubbing back d triplet.

Bill

MichaelLoos · Post by **MichaelLoos** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:10 am

I like the key in the front because of the look of it (and I'm heavy into back D rubbing), just be sure you make the key long enough and close enough to the wood. With my own stop key, I can slide my forefinger from the key right onto the C# hole with no sound in-between.

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:03 pm

Finished chanter.
The stop key blocks will be positioned at the back of the chanter but it's twisted to the side now for the sake of photographing it.

Nearly finished drones too....

Tommy