Gordon Galloway Regulators

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:30 am

Fans and clients will already know this.....

Gordon is now making regulators....pictures on this site in the Pictures of Your Pipes section and also on Pat D'Arcy's bespoke uilleann piping website Uilleann Obsession.

They look very nice indeed.

carel · Post by **carel** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:46 am

truly a work of (abstract) art

carel · Post by **carel** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:58 am

and talking about uilleann obsession
Some of Peter Laban's new work can be seen there
a beautifull photograph of Bantry House

The Sporting Pitchfork · Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:23 pm

Neato. An interesting variation on what Cillian has done. He has, however kept the bolt-festooned Frankenstein monster bass regulator plate, which I think looks pretty cool.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:50 pm

I would think they are more Taylor looking than O,Brien !!.Althrough I,m not sure about all the serrated edges ,handy for cutting hemp !!

RORY

Elmek · Post by **Elmek** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:03 pm

I think tayloresque rather the Taylors - just look at the photos of the Taylor set posted a few months back. The differences are obvious.

Cannot see any real similarity with Cillians work either other than the bolt heads.

IMHO they seem to have more in common with the somewhat more 'rustic' Brennan set shown on Chris Bayleys website http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/Gallery/Brennan.htm

John O'C

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:46 pm

Yes, or Joe McKenna's work (couldn't find a close up shot)

PD.

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:18 pm

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:54 pm

From a tape cover I have.

Cheers

Ferg

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:06 pm

I have the vinyl-show you how old I am!

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:40 pm

I have the vinyl records also, but I have recorded them for my computer jukebox.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:49 pm

That boxwood set isn't by Joe, it's by O Mealy I think, with the original double bass replaced by a tenor reg made by Ginsberg.
O Mealy pipes usually had three regs but intead of tenor/baritone/bass they were double bass/baritone/bass. See the photo on pg 165 of Irish Minstrels and Musicians to see this setup.

josh perkins · Post by **josh perkins** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:31 am

"I have the vinyl records also, but I have recorded them for my computer jukebox."

How? I have a bunch of stuff I'd love to do that with. If it involves less than a bajillion dollars worth of tech, I'd love to know.

Thanks,

J

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:41 am

It's actually kind of strange how Joe jumped right past D on his pipes. He played that old C# O Mealy set for years, then went to a set of his own make in E flat, then started making and playing sets in E natural! I suppose he's gone up to F now.

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:45 am

I just used my stereo's turntable and amp, plugging the line output into my sound card's (sound blaster live) line input, used a sound recording and editing program to cut and amplify individual tracks, then encoded them to ogg vorbis format.

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