Parting with my beautitful K&Q concert pitch set (blackwood, brass, im. ivory)
to raise money for medical expenses. Photos and details may be viewed on
<uilleannobsession.org> “classifieds.”
Thanks
I’m so sorry, Cathal. Hope things get better soon.
Is that set gone already? (I wouldn’t be surprised.)
- Bill
Sorry to hear that you have to sell that set as I know you really like them.
Hope things get better for you…Ed
My Koehler & Quinn 3/4 set has been spectacular. It’s extremely reliable and it sounds incredible. Whoever buys this set will not regret it.
This is killing me!!! I dreamed about regulators last night.
So the K&Q hasn’t sold after 6 days, this must be unprecedented!!! Marie Na Grahda makes some great music on her set. I don’t know what the waiting list is now for a K&Q, but this must surely be a rare opportunity. Interesting that instruments by makers Williams, Wooff and Wilkes sold within a few hours after being offered for sale, whilst instruments by Grinter, Murray, Froment and K&Q are not moving.
Maybe the asking price has something to do with it.
RORY
I think Máire’s D 3/4set is a Benedict Koehler set.
t
You’re correct, Tom.
I think they will eventually move, Rory (..hope so at least).
it’s fantastic that great instruments are actually available. I wish that were the case when I started!
I knew someone who was after this set before it was posted and for some reason 9k+ may be the asking price? D’no if I remember correctly?
The seller oughta consider contacting some Comhaltas branches (Chicago, St. Louis in states’d be a good place to start, and perhaps contact NPU as well, and then look for some branches in Ireland if that stuff doesn’t pan out). When I was moving my concertina (Suttner), I did just that. There was a wee budding superstar who bought the tina for a fair price. They skipped the 4+yr wait, AND got a broken-in instrument. We both came out winners. I’m sure there’s a young piper out there, just dying for this set w/parents who’d support such a smart purchase. You just need to find the kid!
Here’s to hoping that kit gets less feckin dust, and more play!!!
Hi Steampacket
The last Koehler set (a practice set in C) on ebay sold in 4 hours 57 minutes, so there may be a reason for it not selling (being a cheapskate when it comes to buying pipes I am tending towards Rory’s explanation 
)
David
A few years ago the set would probably have got twice the price in five minutes.In that time its gone from a sellers market to a buyers market, now’s the time to increase your collection Davy.
Apart from the fact that this is a great instrument, it would be a shrewd investment as in a couple of years when things pick up you could double your money.
RORY
9.000 USD is a reasonable price, especially for those of us in Europe as the dollar is low at the moment. 9.000 USD is 5.624 Sterling = 6.398 Euros = 57.463 Swedish crowns. For this you get a good instrument and an investment, as the cost of a K&Q will rise when times get better economically. A Dave Williams or Geoff Woof set would cost more than this these days.
Hi rory/Steampacket
5624 sterling plus 23 or so percent on top for import duty and VAT biases the equasion somewhat. If I was going to cough up anything like that amount of cash, I would be haggling with the person selling the Brad Angus full set in B on uilleann obsession.
BTW unless a decent flat chanter comes up at the right price, or a set of drones in C or C#, the next uilleann purchase for me is tenor and baritone regs in B to go with my Roberts half set. The only problem is that Kenny is still experimenting with the design 
David
More than likely, that’s the issue…
There is no asking price.
“I have discussed price with Benedict but do not wish to list a specific figure.”
I heard (from one enquirer) that the price stood at $11,000 not $9,000.
Seems a little steep for a 3/4 set
3 years ago there was a Taylor 3/4 set for sale with an asking price of $16,000 and it was in need of restoration.
That´s a very good price, considering the list of prices that this maker sent me last year…
Indeed, P., costly! Too, I was expecting this. I had heard it was in the upper “11s.”
If you consider the cost of a good fiddle, good concertina, and a good flute… pipes are right in there (of course, leaning towards a more expensive fiddle. Though I knew of a used Dipper C/G concertina years ago going for nearly 9k). There’s no doubt 9-11k is simply a healthy chunk, but that’s simply “the price of admission,” (IMO) for a quality instrument.
My opinion aside and as you(s) well know, supply and demand simply dictates the cost. A close friend and I were recently discussing how we’ve rarely have seen K/Q pipes listed publically. There’s a (rather obvious) reason for this, so when it does happen, the opportunity is ceased by the highest bidder. To quote my dear friend on this topic, “…simply… buisness is buisness.”