My sister, who lives in Co. Clare, sent me a t-shirt of the Scoil Samhra Willie Clancy. It's got a print of Willie on the front playing his Taylor set. She bought it in the Celtic T-Shirt Shop in Lahinch.
"At last, I finally have a garment fine enough to be married in."
Nice one sis!!
Nice surprise in the post
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From Pat Mitchell's book, the Dance Music of Willie Clancy:
1. Leo Rowsome chanter and bag and bellows most likely by Rowsome also, acquired from Felix Doran in 1938
2. The remnants of a Moloney set from Hugh Curtin
3. Full set in C by Coyne from Tom Looney in 1942 or 1943 - never got the set working to his satisfaction
4. Leo Rowsome Concert Pitch set - in exchance for the Coyne C
5. Coyne B with extended bass reg bought in Dublin in 1951 or 1952 for 5 pounds
6. Moloney Bb set loaned to him by Sean Reid for a Gael Linn recording
7. Leo Rowsome concert pitch set with narrow bore drones on extended loan from Sean Reid in 1962 (Liam O'Flynn's set ?)
On the Drones and the Chanters, WC played 4 tracks using the Taylor set.
According the Mitchell's book, Willie also played the following sets during his life:In 1969 he bagan using a Taylor concert-pitch set of pipes which had been sent to him some years previously from the U.S.A. by Tom Looney the man from whom he got his first full set. Willie continued using these pipes up to the time of his death.
1. Leo Rowsome chanter and bag and bellows most likely by Rowsome also, acquired from Felix Doran in 1938
2. The remnants of a Moloney set from Hugh Curtin
3. Full set in C by Coyne from Tom Looney in 1942 or 1943 - never got the set working to his satisfaction
4. Leo Rowsome Concert Pitch set - in exchance for the Coyne C
5. Coyne B with extended bass reg bought in Dublin in 1951 or 1952 for 5 pounds
6. Moloney Bb set loaned to him by Sean Reid for a Gael Linn recording
7. Leo Rowsome concert pitch set with narrow bore drones on extended loan from Sean Reid in 1962 (Liam O'Flynn's set ?)
On the Drones and the Chanters, WC played 4 tracks using the Taylor set.
PJ
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Nice surprise in the post
Does somebody know what happened to WC´s Taylor since?
