Interested in giving the Uilleann pipes a try but, not in the financial position to come up with the kind of cash to but a new set. Maybe someone out there might have a lesser set /practice set or something that would be a fairly good place to start and may be interested in doing a trade? Possibly someone has gone up to the next level of pipes and has something that would be a good place for a newbie to start?? Reading over the forum there seems to be a lot of gotchas on these and really not sure how/ where to start..
I have the following that I am interesteded in trading.
1977 Ibanez bob Wier model (non tree of life)
70’s mutron phasor (like new)
Furman rack mount reverb (rv1)
Chapman (Stick Enterprises) Stick 10str.
Oberheim Matrix 1000
So, I take that to mean that you went from the melodius sounds of tapping to the squeaks squeals and sqwaks of the UP’s.
This in turn caused your parents so much angst that they threw you out??
I’m really new at this, but I still think I have an idea that there are some good ways to break into piping, and some not very good ways. The Penny Chanter set by David Dayes comes up again and again as a reasonably priced way to start piping. For under $400 you can get a new, functioning set of pipes that you can learn on. Your already way ahead of the curve by NOT buying any type of mouth blown chanter! Trading etc. for used sets might not be very fruitful, because you could end up with crap, unless it was from a teacher possibly. I notice that you live in Northbridge, MA. In Fall River on Wednesday nights there’s a (I think St. James Pub) session with a great piper. Then on Sunday nights in Providence, at RiRas there’s another great piper from Rhode Island. I hope you do start it up because it’s a lot of fun even with all the inherent problems. Good Luck, Brian (eedbjp)
how difficult are those assembly kits to assemble for someone without even a vague working knowledge of what a set of uillean pipes is supposed to look like? Would it be possible, with the instructions, for some onewith not even basic mechanical bagpipe knowledge to put together, or should you already kinda know a bit about them before attempting to buy a kit?
I don’t know how much bagpipe knowledge you’d need but I know that you’ll need certain tools. For instance, to put together the chanter kit you will need a drill press (or access to a drill press).
If you are asking about David Daye’s kit, he gives very explicit and illustrated instructions with the kit. Just be aware that the chanter kit (the Advanced kit) requires a drill press to drill the holes. If you are not comfortable with that, you can get the Easy Kit, where the chanter is fully assembled and you just need to assemble the bag and bellows.
