I have a spare Pat Hennelly chanter that I am putting up for sale. On two sides of the chanter are the initials P.H. The chanter was made made ca. 1960 or earlier.
It is concert pitch D, ebony with faux ivory trim, a Cnat key in the the Taylor-style, with a nice popping valve. The chanter does not have a top or a reed. If someone does not have a top or a favorite pipemaker that can add a top and a reed, I can arrange to have the work performed.
It’s out on eBAY now (see below):
This chanter is still on Ebay, I did some research on the maker and it seems that it should be worth what the seller(JIM) is asking for it…
Pat Hennelly came to Chicago from Mayo in 1923. He started making pipes and made 6-10 sets over a 50 year period. Similar to Billy Taylor, no two sets of Pat’s are identical. Also similar to Billy Taylor, Pat Hennelly was never satisfied with the status quo being extremely inventive. On the chanter that is up for sale, he crafted a simple but elegant popping valve. He made a set that was owned by Dennis Watson that had the regs located on the ‘botton’ of the stock - the regs, not the drones, rested on the leg of the piper. He also crafted a nice C nat key that opened the Cnat from the front of the chanter - a motion more in line with the way a piper does a Cnat without using a key.
Pat knew Tom Ennis well and had made a set for him that had not been fully paid for when Tom died tragically young at the age of 42 in 1931. Sean Folsom might be playing that set.
I met and spoke with Pat Hennelly a few times before he died in Aug, 1978 as I started out in 1976 on the piping quest.
Hennelly’s pipes are accurate if not stunningly crafted. Pat did not ‘finish’ off the look of a chanter. It is another reason to appreciate and love Taylor pipes - function and form and finish.
It is out there once more. If it doesn’t sell this time, I’ll likely put it into a practice set.
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