CJ Dixon practice set - US only
David
The second (silmarillion’s being the first) uilleann ebay listing of 2012 Seth Hamon chanter in D - US, UK and Canada only auction. The chanter is being sold by Seth Hamon. the maker.
Davis
Mandrels for reedmaking
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190625689333
Cheers all
I suspect there will be a flood of pipes/chanters offered on eBay over the next 2 months as Christmas credit card bills arrive.
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Practice set - no maker indicated, but the set does not look pakistani. UK only auction.
Pat Sky chanter - US only.
David
Half set in C by Chris Bayley.
David
Chris Bayley set needs fettling ? What does that mean ??
Curious, too. Never heard. Is it regular - to fettle, fettled, fettled - or irregular - to fettle, fattle, futtle ?
The seller is from UK.
This definition found:
“to Fettle -(Brit dialect)
a. to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc.), esp to put a finishing touch to
b. to repair or mend (something)”
So, I guess needs some repair or work on finishing touches?
Cheers,
Paragon.
Chris Bayley set needs fettling ? What does that mean ??
Up here in the north of England it means that it needs some attention to get it working in all probability because he has buggered the reeds
Seller is in Northwich, Cheshire so possibly John Beattie whose name comes up on the Bob Dunsire forum on occasion. A player and dealer in mostly highland bagpipes and last time looked at his website http://www.classicbagpipes.co.uk had a nice ivory set of Reid NSP’s for sale just slightly out of my price range - 
see http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126914&highlight=john+beattie
The description suggest that anyone outside the UK should be careful as mounts are of a ‘natural material’ which I take it to mean a white substance manufactured by pachyderms 
John
I’ve always wondered whether ‘fettle’ and ‘fiddle’ have the same etymological source when used this way, e.g., ‘to fettle/fiddle around with something (to get it to work better)’ or ‘fit as a fiddle/in fine fettle’, etc. Many speakers tend to pronounce the consonant sound denoted by dd and tt in them the same way (see ‘ladder’ and ‘latter’, etc.) and the meanings are very close to one another(see http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=190). I’ve heard it conjugated ‘fettle, fettled, fettled’.
With regard to pipes the term ‘fettle’ always makes me think that it involves someone physically altering the instrument, e.g., undercutting a tone hole or something (not just adjusting reeds or rushing a bore). What does it mean exactly with regard to pipes?
My understanding is the ‘Fettle’ is a term used in the casting room of foundrys. Having openend the cast, and the piece extracted, the metal ‘leakage’ at the join of the moulds has to be removed. That is to fettle the cast.
It is use ubiquitously to mean repair or mend just about anything, in the North East UK, and has nothing to do with fiddle. It does not imply altering anything, but to bring it back to its original state.
Well, ‘fettle’ certainly came over the pond with my Grandfather’s family. They hailed from York, and filtered down from Newfoundland to the great state of Maine. He was notorious in our family for his ‘DownEasterisms’. When he felt particularly good, he would announce to all and sundry that he was “Feeling in fine fettle!”. 
Bob
The d chanter is a Morris…I have one which I have loaned to my friend (yes I do have one).It plays just fine (my one)…