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I made this set for myself. All hand turning and ye olde fashioned leather work.

Took me almost two years, between all the other irons in my fire.

The mainstock is hollow, made of asian fig. The rest is african blackwood (dalbergia melanoxylon), faux ivory, or (real) brass.

Note the one piece double bent brass bass drone inner section. I plan to use this as evidence for an insanity plea in court some day.

They are behaving well. Regs are in the works.

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The paduak bellows are mine too. For a while, making these fed my family.

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My new four regulator set made by Chris Bayley in the style of R L O'Mealy.

Some nice touches on this one. It is a huge set but has been designed to fit into a hand luggage size case for travelling with.

The bass regulator has a latch system on it so it can be detached from the stock. The bellows have an angled inlet so they can be packed away neatly. The bass drone is straight, has a 'barrel' section instead of the S bend and had an extra join in the middle.

Materials are African Blackwood, Nickel Silver and Mammoth Ivory. Bag is hand stitched. Fourth regulator is a E regulator.

Ill get some sound samples too. Good loud set and easy to play.

More images on http://uilleann-pipes.co.uk/page17.html, where you can see it all polished up and how it is put together.


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My latest creation: Indian ebony, brass, imitation ivory. Main stock made from Australian gidgee (Acacia Cambergei)

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JR wrote:My new four regulator set made by Chris Bayley in the style of R L O'Mealy.

Some nice touches on this one. It is a huge set but has been designed to fit into a hand luggage size case for travelling with.

The bass regulator has a latch system on it so it can be detached from the stock. The bellows have an angled inlet so they can be packed away neatly. The bass drone is straight, has a 'barrel' section instead of the S bend and had an extra join in the middle.

Materials are African Blackwood, Nickel Silver and Mammoth Ivory. Bag is hand stitched. Fourth regulator is a E regulator.

Ill get some sound samples too. Good loud set and easy to play.

More images on http://uilleann-pipes.co.uk/page17.html, where you can see it all polished up and how it is put together.
Don't know if i am deaf dumb and blind, but i'll be damned if i can see more than three regs?!
Cheers

EDIT: Yup, as expected.. spotted the little bugger now :) Nice looking set!
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macwarner57 wrote:I made this set for myself.
I heard this set at the NE Tionol. It is SWEET! And the drones sound terrific. Congratulations!
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Gabriel wrote:I think that is the most beautiful set of pipes I've seen in a great while.
yisss yisss yisss

(I wholeheartedly agree)
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can someone walk me, a not so tech savvy fellow, through posting a pic from a site like photobucket? thanks cheers.

http://s1136.photobucket.com/albums/n489/johnered66/
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johnered's pipes:

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Just copy the "Image" tag and paste it into your window here :-)

If you're linking to a photo site that's not so user-friendly and doesn't give you the pre-generated tags, you should be able to copy the link and then paste it here inside the Image "beginning and end" brackets (don't forget to include the picture extension like .jpg or whatever).
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Seth Gallagher 1/2 set, Bob May bellows
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Thanks so much Cathy, you're a doll...that's a Marc van Daal set, ebony, brass and imitation ivory.

Cathy Wilde wrote:johnered's pipes:

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Is that a flat Gallagher 1/2 set?
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PJ wrote:Is that a flat Gallagher 1/2 set?

No, it's a concert D. He's a great fellow to deal with and close by to help me out when needed.
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My first real chanter.

It is made by Sam Lawrence of Hunter Pipes. It is a Concert D chanter with a bright crisp tone and a rich bottom D. It still appears on his website as being for sale (which it is no longer :) ) - but you can also hear clips there.

It is made from Caesalpina Ebona which I have learned is a rather obscure wood. It is sometimes called just Ebona or it may also be known as Brown Ebony or Columbian Ebony despite not being biologically related to Ebony. The wood is very hard and dense, and has a beautiful chocolate color that I can't completely capture in digital photos.

Boxwood mounts and brass ferrules and neck.

This is a great chanter and I consider myself terribly spoiled to be learning on it.

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