To annoy mukade here is a new ebay thread 
230+ year old set of Uilleann pipes - one for the serious collector maybe.
At a starting price of £3000 / $6000, you would need to be a serious collector.
Preshaw half set
on US ebay only
Uilleann Pipeworks of Boston C Chanter
David
The ivory on that 230 year-old set looks surprisingly bright. I would have expected it to be much darker after 230 years. The ferrules and keys seem to have been kept fairly clean also.
I’ll be interested to hear opinions on who the maker might be.
Ivory should stay bright 
its the plastic that goes dark.
Tip frae the past.. Lemon Juice is good fer cleaning the ivory piano keys so should do the same for ye’s wi ivory on the pipes if’n ye need to..
Interesting how the "we are not in a recession yet"as forecast by oor politicians appears to be reflected in the flood o sets on the market…ie always take the opposite of whit a politician says as being nearer the truth but still a lie 
The set in question looks a bit of a hybrid but nice nonetheless for it.
Maybe the inmate who spent 2.5K euros for the Froment chanter will likewise spend whatever amount the set eventually climbs to…I say inmate wi some sympathy coz whoever he or she is ain’t living in the real world for sure 
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
Davy nice idea to put the pics up but the urls are too long and make the page into a form of scroll which is annoying.I think ye are too good to the folks on the forum.Ye should just put the pics up and let them find the items for themselves..that way there will be far less dross as they hunt the pages or whatever 
Edited to take oot any offensive bits but I couldnae find any. Have a nice day ye all 
Sam, Shipley seems to be round your corner. Can you tell us more about the old set?
Tommy Martin is selling a new ebony C chanter on eBay. Have a listen to the sound sample. Not bad, not bad at all …
Our friend from Ireland at it again - at least he says they are Geoffrey pipes this time.
Half set - Pakistani drones and Childress chanter
David
A youngster here just bought a half-set in C off Ebay for, I think, around $500.
The chanter is admittedly crude-looking and seems to be made of Ash or some such. It actually plays pretty well save for a flat back D.
The drones play fine.
Not bad for a kid’s first set!
This set looks alot like the one on display in the Mettroplolitan Museum of Art in New York. Especially the chanter.
Neil
Howard practice set went for 550 STG, good saving on new, as they were a very new set too.
Been considering putting my half set up as I’m not playing at all at the mo with new baby and business, but looks like I’m going to hold on to it.
Bill Salmon has put a lot of uilleann related books, videos and CDs on ebay.
David
Not Ebay… but Al Purcell’s widow is putting up his Crowley set for sale:
SOLD!
purdy red MacWarner Bellows on ebay
item number: 200249248064
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200249248064&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123
Do these bellows come with a white convertable MG?
Close!
Only the bellows is different.
And the bag.
And the chanter.
The red bellows sold, even without the MG!
Hi Mike
So are they of your manufacture (or did you buy the other set).
David
Edited to add, I see the other set went to France, so it looks like you are the maker. How about a few pictures of the other instruments you make (as I love the sound of the Hardanger fiddle).
Hi Davy,
Yes, they are mine. There are some photos of my Hardanger fiddles and a nyckelharpa on the Traditional String Instruments forum. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of very recent instruments, as they are all sold as soon as they are finished.
Cheers,
