I’m taking stock of my bagpipe collection and am going to be getting rid of pipes that I rarely play:
Cornish Doublepipes by Julian Goodacre, in D, with bass drone. (photo and soundbite available on www.celticpiper.net though these were made before I got the bass drone, which sounds great.) This may be the only Goodacre Cornish pipe with a drone in existence. I have around $2000 in this set but would be willing to consider any offers.
Gaita Gallega by Xose Miguel Mosquera Medin. Boxwood, in Do, with blackwood mounts, Ronco y ronqueta. This is a great-sounding and very reliable pipe, always in tune. It has the traditional look. (I myself hate the recent trend of Spanish pipes trying to look like Scottish pipes.) Black cover with red cording trim, red and black flecas y borlas. I would like to get around $500 for this set.
Bulgarian Kaba Gaida. This is an old Communist-era pipe. A fine player and right in tune at E. Nice old dark dogwood. Excellent new reeds and bag. The chanter stock is horn with carving. The chanter and blowpipe are mounted in horn but the drone is mounted in grey plastic.
When I got this set Bulgarian gaidas were very difficult to get and expensive: now Ebay is flooded with cheap ones. I have $600 in this set but would be willing, considering the present market, to take a significant loss.
What I would be willing to trade for is:
uilleann parts, drone set or regs (individual regs or a matching pair or a whole set)
GHBs of like value
set of Lowland/Border drones in A