I’m sadly putting up for sale my Joe Kennedy C Chanter. I bought it directly from Joe a couple of years ago and is in fine working order. It is made of ebony with wood top, brass fittings, and boxwood mounts. Also, it comes with C and F keys and two reeds made by Joe. I asked Joe if the buyer of this chanter could have my place on his queue and he said it was okay. His wait list is about 6 years and he said I’m 1 1/2 to 2 years away. So if your interested in adding to this chanter it can be done relatively quickly in UP time!
Cost: $1650 USD plus shipping. I believe Joe said the cost of his chanters is about $1800 to $2500 (plus the wait).
I can send pics to anyone interested- just pm me or email me at: rlhill1979@yahoo.com
Sorry for any confusion but I have the chanter right now, the spot on the que was just an incentive to help sell the chanter. So to answer your question- C on your list.
Cheers!
I’m not one given to wrangling over pipe makers, so I wont.
But I just felt I had to justify why I was surprised at the cost
of chanters as compared with a fellow who by all rights, has had nothing but praise
heaped upon him by many a piper.
If the market bears the prices fetched, then so be it!
All the better for the makers!
Well, I don’t really want to start wrangling over pipe makers either. But, you did essentially tell potential buyers that they shouldn’t buy this used chanter, but rather should get a Childress chanter.
You won’t read many negative posts online about makers, because no one wants to publicly dismiss a maker, for a variety of reasons. One of them being that a maker likely works very hard for very little money, and another being that opinions about these things are a matter of, well, opinion.
My opinion is that I’d rather spend the extra money to get a chanter that will have the tone and behave the way I want. What I want isn’t necessarily for everyone! (But yes, I am seriously tempted by this chanter.)
A Joe Kennedy B chanter recently sold for only a little less than this and it was keyless. The market is well able to bear these prices for such high quality work. That doesn’t change the fact that Joe still works very hard for very little money though!
