WTB: Regulators
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WTB: Regulators
I do a lot of busking when times are slack, hitch hiking around the cities of Britain and Europe with a half set with pakistani drones. I'm going on the road again soon and would like to add tenor and baritone regulators to the set. I don't want to subject expensive pipes to the manifold risks facing the travelling musician, so I am wondering if anyone has any pakistani regulators going spare that they'd like to sell me, or otherwise some rough/damaged/unwanted regs for sale. I have contacted the infamous Mr Geoffrey, but apparently he doesn't sell regulators seperately.
Will consider anything!
Will consider anything!
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Hi Kinry
You can get Pakistani regs on ebay US, but they are extortionately priced. ($970 ish).
If it is P regs you are looking for then for 488.8 euro (at the time of posting) you can get a full set in rosewood, including the regs.
Pakistani full set
David
You can get Pakistani regs on ebay US, but they are extortionately priced. ($970 ish).
If it is P regs you are looking for then for 488.8 euro (at the time of posting) you can get a full set in rosewood, including the regs.
Pakistani full set
David
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Re: WTB: Regulators
Hi Kinry,
There was a full set of Pakistani pipes on Ebay UK a couple of weeks ago. Starting bid £200 with no takers. It might be worth your while doing an advanced search on ended items to find the guy and make him an offer. Just a thought.
I got a set of these horrors some years ago to play around with. I managed to get the tenor and baritone regs to work with Chris Bayley's plastic reeds. They sounded OK. The bass regulator is a dead loss; the tone holes are in the wrong place. The keys worked quite well, but are a nasty shape. I ground them to a more normal outline and buffed them up. The brass they use is actually very good quality and takes a good polish.
Hope this helps.
There was a full set of Pakistani pipes on Ebay UK a couple of weeks ago. Starting bid £200 with no takers. It might be worth your while doing an advanced search on ended items to find the guy and make him an offer. Just a thought.
I got a set of these horrors some years ago to play around with. I managed to get the tenor and baritone regs to work with Chris Bayley's plastic reeds. They sounded OK. The bass regulator is a dead loss; the tone holes are in the wrong place. The keys worked quite well, but are a nasty shape. I ground them to a more normal outline and buffed them up. The brass they use is actually very good quality and takes a good polish.
Hope this helps.
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Re: WTB: Regulators
You gotta love the Q&A bit, particularly as the pic isn't even the pipes he was selling, he just borrowed it from another listing Is "got 'em from a shop in London" the new "got 'em of a bloke down the boozer"?
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Apparently he has sold them. I'll keep my eyes open on ebay. Might even try and make some regs. How hard can it be!?
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I can't help thinking that you're throwing money away.
For the money you'll pay for Pakistani-made pipes, you'll get a baritone regulator made by a reputable maker. Many pipers begin learning the regulators on just the baritone reg. You can take your time and order a tenor reg later.
For the money you'll pay for Pakistani-made pipes, you'll get a baritone regulator made by a reputable maker. Many pipers begin learning the regulators on just the baritone reg. You can take your time and order a tenor reg later.
PJ
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Re: WTB: Regulators
Maybe he is, and maybe he isn't.PJ wrote:I can't help thinking that you're throwing money away.
While this is indeed good advice, if you look at his original post, he seens to be looking for what basically qualifies as "junker" regulators. He's moving around, busking, and wants something that will play, but not something that will break his heart (or more importantly, his pocket book) if it gets busted up or stolen.For the money you'll pay for Pakistani-made pipes, you'll get a baritone regulator made by a reputable maker. Many pipers begin learning the regulators on just the baritone reg. You can take your time and order a tenor reg later.
Finally, a viable market for Pakistani pipes.
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This is where the Pakistani-made option falls down.dow wrote:... wants something that will play...
The expression "Flogging a dead horse" comes to mind when I try to think of someone trying to play a set of Pakistani-made regulators ...
PJ
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That's it. I have a rather nice full set of pipes but wouldn't take them busking around.dow wrote: While this is indeed good advice, if you look at his original post, he seens to be looking for what basically qualifies as "junker" regulators. He's moving around, busking, and wants something that will play, but not something that will break his heart (or more importantly, his pocket book) if it gets busted up or stolen.
To be honest, as long as they go "honk" when you press the key down, that will do for busking. That seemed to be pretty much the ethos of the great travelling pipers. hehe.
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[quote="Kinry"]That seemed to be pretty much the ethos of the great travelling pipers. hehe.
[quote="dow"]
I recently had the opportunity to do some busking with a friend who has a half set (but the drones were never turned on), and I was using a practice set. We were told that his set looked much more "complicated." The lesson I learned was that appearance is important...
[quote="dow"]
I recently had the opportunity to do some busking with a friend who has a half set (but the drones were never turned on), and I was using a practice set. We were told that his set looked much more "complicated." The lesson I learned was that appearance is important...
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I have seen them made to play in C# quite nicely PJ (at least the bass and baritone regs can). In the opinion of the pipemaker, that has my left handed Pakistani set in his workshop as a plaything to see what can be done with them, they are actually a C# set not D.PJ wrote:This is where the Pakistani-made option falls down.dow wrote:... wants something that will play...
The expression "Flogging a dead horse" comes to mind when I try to think of someone trying to play a set of Pakistani-made regulators ...
David
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