Amazing oppertunity here for some lucky person:
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/classifieds.html#47
Pat.
Drool.
I wonder what a “reasonable offer” is. Probably nothing I can afford. 
I don’t know but it may be worth making an offer. It’s an interesting set too in that the regulators are pre-regulation 
There are 10 instead of 13 keys… very garoovay! I think it is noteworthy that Geoff Wooff brought the set back from the grave, that speaks volumes to me.
Patrick.
Ahhh, to be independently wealthy… sigh…
Can one assume from his e-mail address that the set is in the U.S.?
I think so but you better contact the seller to be 100% sure.
Patrick.
Got your fingers twitching has it Jeff?
David
Oh, sure. These are hard times though…so I’m lucky to be able to keep the set I have. This Coyne set isn’t in the cards for me. Better anyway that it be in the hands of someone who can make it sing, rather than my wretched fingers! 
…I’m thankful that Patrick has no “buy it now” button on his site!
Description says "the set is pitched 25cents sharp of B (this is the standard for B natural union pipes - Ed.). "
I have my doubts that this is true, Pat - if anything the old Coyne B sets tend to run flat of modern B in my experience.
Interesting set though. Sounds as though the chanter bore may have been messed with as well, rather than just the toneholes… but one can’t tell from the description. The set has quite a few cosmetic features that are atypical of Coyne.
- Bill
Yep, you’re right Bill (of course!). I had my wires reversed. I’ll remove that comment now.
Yes, it’s a nice old set. I think that Geoff making the bass regulator and stock for it as well as spending the time to bring the chanter back to working condition is a good sign. He must have thought it to be a worthwhile project.
Patrick.
'twould be very interesting to have Peter’s comments on this…
I don’t think he’s a member any longer… his choice, I think.
Nice looking set. Kind of familiar in a way… 
I’d love to hear it sometime.
Did Coyne sign his work? Is there any way of knowing for certain that it is one of his sets? Did Geoff Wooff express an opinion on who the maker was?
there’s more information on this set at
http://pipers.ie/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=488&sid=3353b953cd70030a4b602671464ab2cf#488
Even though these sets are different pitches you can see the similarities.the first set is the one for sale ,the second is the Csharp set that hangs on the wall in Jimmy’s O’Brien’s pub in Killarney and is a confirmed Coyne set.
RORY
I don’t see any similarities. The reg caps, the mounts and ferrules, the reg keys and key blocks all look entirely different. The only thing vaguely similar is that the touch of the reg keys is a “figure eight” shape but even then, the bends on the keys are different.
Ya should have gone to specsavers. If that doesn,t work try looking again and for abit longer this time.
RORY
They hang on a wall!? 
Just to pass some ideas on from the boss . . .
there were 3 Coynes, Maurice, John William (who bought the business from Kenna’s widow) and also Maurice’s son John, the noted piper. Though it is hard to be certain we think that the set for sale is JW Coyne, the set hung on the wall Maurice. Nollaig McCathy’s B set would also be Maurice.
The man who would know best is Sean Donnelly, who tracked down ?Maurice? Coyne’s grave to ?Glasnevin? cemetery - long time passed and P can’t recall for certain.
It’s possible that we have Maurice and JW the wrong way around (and probably we’ll never know) but the two separate styles exist.
Just to re-iterate, we’re on speculative ground here but thought it would interest.
Sam