Let me tell you a story…
About a year ago I suffered an elbow injury which forced me to stop doing veterinary work on dairy cows and focus strictly on small animals. This efectively cut my business income in half. The injury also made it extremely uncomfortable for me to play my, much loved, Lynch half set of pipes.
About that time my daughter met the love of her life and we had a wedding to pay for. So, sadly, I sold my 1/2 set.
My elbow has healed and I’m back to pipe playing (though I’ve retired permanently from cow punching 
).
Since then two things have happened.
First, I recieved a lovely D practice set from Seth Gallagher which I had ordered a year or two ago. It has C and Fnat keys and is really a lovely player (as one would expect).
Second, I recently purchased a Gallagher full set. It’s really a glorious thing in excellent condition and plays absolutely beautifully.
The fellow selling it needed to do a cash sale due to some financial hardships and it occurred to me that there were likely a lot of pipers that would like a full set but didn’t have the dosh to swing a cash deal but might have a nice half set to offset the cost.
I am a 1/2 set player. I haven’t the time or inclination to become a full set player. But I thought I might score a nice 1/2 set and facilitate some nice half set owner’s dream of acquiring a full set through these shinnanigans so I did it.
Obviously, if I get a nice half set I won’t need the practice set either. So there you have it…
- Some lucky fellow gets a new Gallagher practice set with no wait,
- Some other lucky fellow gets to use his 1/2 set as cash toward a full set
- I get the 1/2 set I want…everybody wins.
Facilitating this sort of thing for others was one of my main reasons for establishing the Irish Flute Store in the first place.
Certainly, if someone wants to offer cash for the full set I’ll take your name, but I’d really like to try the swapping route.
So, if you have a nice half set by a top maker (I am willing to consider any maker and any key) and would like to use it toward payment for this full set let me know via email or PM.
I’m also willing to take good flutes and whistles toward either set.
Best
