Uilleann Practice set wanted

[Eivind]

So,

I was at the Willie Clancy week and the conclusion is clear: must have a practice set. The sooner the better.

-Does anyone have one they want to sell or can point me to a maker with a not too long list? My finances are not an overwhelming forte of mine.
Makers that I know of who are supposed to be good and hence would interest me; are:
- Patrick Murray
- Andreas Rogge.

Any other suggestions are welcome, but these also represent a price range that is interesting for me. I live in Europe (Norway).

Please reply to this thread or PM me; either way

Eivind

[travhicks]

Check out Patrick Sky's budget practice sets.

www.patricksky.com

I have to disclose that Pat is a friend of mine (but I don't get any percentage of sales or anything like that). Pat's just a great guy with a wealth of knowledge and experience in pipemaking and reed making. And he's recently come up with a budget practice set configuration for people like you, who would like a decent set, but fast and inexpensive.

[Thies]

You might also want to check the sets from Marc van Daal (The Netherlands). His waiting list is probably not too long and prices are reasonable.

http://www.uilleann.net/

Cheers from the other side of Fenno-Scandia, Thies

[AlanB]

You may want to check out Marcus Coulter and Mickey Dunne...

www.coulterpipes.com

Mickey Dunne doesn't have a website, but NPU should help.

Alan

[Cayden]

Mickey Dunne now has a wait of nearly a year, a new student of mine was talking to him about a quick fix. Won't harm to enquire though. (he eventually lent her one of his chanters from the loan set stock from the Limerick piper's club).

Options are a bit limited. Do shop around and listen to pipes yourself, a lot of people here will recommend the pipemaker they had their pipes from, which will give a slightly distorted image of what is good and what is not so desirable.

[Eivind]

Thanks all, for the good suggestions.
I will be surfing around for a while.

Marcus Coulter's sets look good and sound nice; but the price is a bit stiff.
The sets of Patrick Sky have a better price; but there no sound samples etc. Nevermind the aestethics; I just want a set thats is as well in tune and as playable as possible. It will be used in sessions eventually.

Nobody aching to get rid of their used practice sets, then?

Eivind


BTW Laban; were you able to lay sufficiently low during the entire Clancy week?

[Joseph E. Smith]

Keep an eye on this forum, as I am sure you do, and on eBay, as these items show up regularly.

[thedoc15]

I have a set for sael on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :B:LC:US:1

[Cayden]

BTW Laban; were you able to lay sufficiently low during the entire Clancy week?

I don't know. Did you spot me doing anything significant?

[feadogin]

BTW Laban; were you able to lay sufficiently low during the entire Clancy week?

I don't know. Did you spot me doing anything significant?

Ha, Ha! Don't let Peter fool you. This guy is ubiquitous.

Sorry I never got a chance to hear you play, though, Peter. Maybe next year...It was nice to meet you,

Justine

[Patrick D'Arcy]

That's great to hear you went to Willie Week Justine. Who was your teacher? Did you have a good time?

All the best,

Patrick.

[Kerryman]

Take a look at David Dayes website.
http://daye1.com/pennychanter.html
I got one of his practice sets and am pleased with it. I got the 'easy set' where he built the chanter and I assembeled the rest (bellows, bag ect.)
You can also assemble the whole chanter yourself if you are brave enough. His wait time is around 6 weeks and it is relatively inexpensive.

Liam

[Brian Lee]

Here we go... :roll:

Best of luck - you'll need it!

[Eivind]

BTW Laban; were you able to lay sufficiently low during the entire Clancy week?

I don't know. Did you spot me doing anything significant?

Ha, Ha! Don't let Peter fool you. This guy is ubiquitous.
Justine

Aah, so I probably saw you then, Peter. Can't tell what you were doing, though. It was a great week anyway. This saturday's session in Mullagh really was the icing of the cake to us...there was an incredible piper...yipes...

Eivind

[Royce]

Here we go... :roll:

Best of luck - you'll need it!

The challenge still stands. You mail me that Daye chanter of yours and I'll have a reed in it and a sound file playing your arse into the ground within a week. Unless you built that yourself, and did so poorly, or got it off someone else who botched it (well the reed-wrecking cap thing aside...) that's a perfectly well behaved and decent sounding instrument.

If it's the piece of crap you say it is, David Daye Himself will tell you I ought to be the first one on earth to shout it too the rooftops, but I have yet to see one that didn't play very very well with either a reed of my own make or one of the ones David sent me personally when I got mine. I don't know why you don't just put-up or shut-up and let me have a look and listen to it.

Having said that, don't anyone buy a Daye set just yet, because I think I'm going to put together a Gallagher-based practice set I'll probably want to sell soon...or immediately, depending on the price it'll fetch, and it won't be a desperate giveaway.

Royce