eugene lambe

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:16 pm

hi guys can anyone out there give me some info on eugene lambe & some feedback & or pictures of his pipes.

ta albert

piperdoc · Post by **piperdoc** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:07 pm

suggest you pm patrick patrick d'arcy, find him by frequent postings on this forum he probably knows well.
meir

ausdag · Post by **ausdag** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:34 am

My Lambe drones -

Made for me in 1992.
Mostly brass bass drone, sound okay. Nice drone switch easily flicked on or off with bottom hand thumb during tunes. Fairly budget in appearance, ie, brass tubing for slides as opposed to brass ferrules over wooden slides in better quality pipes. However in combination with my Maclolm McLaren composite reeds they are as steady as a rock, never fail to turn on, no varience in tone with pressure difference and have taken many a beating during festival and pub gigs.

Cheers,

DavidG

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:28 am

THANKS DAVID

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:17 am

ausdag wrote:My Lambe drones -

Hey, what happened to your head?

ausdag · Post by **ausdag** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:26 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
Hey, what happened to your head?

Well, given that the subject of the page was my pipes, I was fearful that my natural beauty would detract from the pipes so I cropped my sqaure-jawed, dimple-chinned Adonis from the pic

Cheers,

DavidG

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:39 am

ausdag wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:
Hey, what happened to your head?
Well, given that the subject of the page was my pipes, I was fearful that my natural beauty would detract from the pipes so I cropped my sqaure-jawed, dimple-chinned Adonis from the pic

Cheers,

DavidG

Nobody can call you a vain man Mr. Goldsworthy.

chanterdan · Post by **chanterdan** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:25 am

my lambe drones,synthetic drone reeds,plays well,loud n proud!! switched out the lambe chanter for a whitmer,had too much trouble balancing,and reeding it. notice the dent in the bass,can this be repaired ?should i leave it alone? sounds ok.

PJ · Post by PJ » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:17 am

Hey Dan,

Nice regulators!! Got to get me a set like them

.

Nice drones too. I've heard them on Clips & Snips. Is the stock Lambe?

chanterdan · Post by **chanterdan** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:38 am

hey pj, thank you,dont play the regs too much,still getting use to them,sounding decent though.the stock is lambe , still waiting for mr. whitmer to make a bass reg,someday perhaps. cheers. ps. did you go to the pipers gathering in vermont? i coulnt go

had to play scottish games contest with mvf pipeband.

PJ · Post by PJ » Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:19 am

Alas no pipers gathering for me this year. New baby, new drones, regulators on the way. Money, money, money. Thinking about East Coast Tionol in late Sept. Might see you there. Anyway, better not hijack this post.

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:13 pm

Here's a photos of my old Lambe set. They were a solid set. The chanter wasn't bang on in tune with any makers reed but close enough for learning on. The drones were rock solid and the regs got going eventually with new reeds and loads of blue-tack. I ended up using a Martin Preshaw chanter with the set which was a very good combination. I sold it to get my K&Q Taylor style set... mi amore!
PD.

No E · Post by **No E** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:16 pm

Patrick-

How many Cape Cod Cloths did it take to get the set looking like that?
I recall more of an "antique patina" when you were playing that set

No E

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:56 pm

Just the one. Those cloths are amazing!

PD.