I was reluctant to do this, but I rarely play it and my piping greed for another chanter is stronger than WhoA 
I’ll be open for offers only until around the 29th of this month, so interested people hurry up.
You know the price it can go at Ebay, so only serious offers please PM or email me.
Thanks
I’m wondering…
In what year was the set made?
How did you come by the set, and when?
Do the bodies have the clover engraving on the rings?
Are the rings brass, or silver?
By “set,” do you mean there is one head, and two bodies?
Are the bodies in good shape (i.e. no cracks or significant scratches or dents), and have they been oiled occasionally?
Also, you say they’re African blackwood, but I’m wondering if they might be kingwood or ebony instead (in other words, how do you know they’re blackwood?).
Is the fipple blade (or blades, if two heads) in good shape (i.e. no dents, dings, chips, etc.)?
Sorry to be so “anal,” but I’m always interested in the details… it’s O’Riordan, after all!!
yes please, more details would be nice and pictures as well.
thanks
Just wanted to give Romulo a “thumbs up” as a seller and customer. I’ve done business with him for years in both directions.
He’s as nice an Italian, Irish whistling guy in Japan as you’d ever want to deal with. 
Romulo, I can host a picture if you don’t know how. Just email them to me at the regular address.
Doc
Zoinks! An Italian, playing Irish music in Japan.
And to think, I had an identity crisis when my ex wanted me to wear a pink dress shirt to a wedding so that we’d be color coordinated. 
Good luck with the sale.
Doc, thanks for the thumbs up, but just my name is italian, I’m brazilian 
The whistle is sold.
People jump into the opportunity of getting an O’Riordan and who knows about its quality and is really interested usually doesn’t ask that kind of superficial questions that is generally made out of simple curiosity, that’s why I didn’t find them worth answering.
Sorry if I’m being rude but sincerely I suggest that a next time interested people go straight to what matters instead of asking irrelevant and/or obvious questions. I don’t think where or when I bought it, engraved clovers(yes, they are there FYI), etc. have any importance.
It’s O’Riordan, after all!!! 
So you’re a Brazilian with an Italian name playing Irish music in Japan… o_O
Go figure. As we say in Brazil “every nuts with his/her respective mania” or something like that.
Well, the real brazilians are the indians. Everybody else is a mix of europeans, africans, etc. I myself have portuguese, dutch, italian, african ancestors (as far as I know) and others that I don’t know 
I have 15 O’Riordans. I play them, I collect them. But except for the ones I’ve received directly from Pat, I have to know the condition before I make an offer. Your reluctance to talk about the condition made me think there might be something wrong with the set.
I’m sure the buyer will be delighted to get them, irrespective of the condition. I’m also sure you have no idea how much I am willing to pay for O’Riordans if they are in good condition and have the characteristics I’m looking for. Oh well… your loss.
If I bought a Ferrari, I wouldn’t care what color or if it ran or not. I mean, c’mon, it’s a Ferrari.
I did sent information to the ones who contacted by PM or email. Of course it’s fair to check before buying an item, I just got irritated with your irrelevant questions about when, where I bought it, etc.
Oh no, I’m fine. And it’s certainly not your loss either, you have plenty already
Ditto. I think anal people should take a psychological laxative
An apology stating you know you’re being rude isn’t much of an apology. It only adds to the insult.
Having owned and played many whistles over the years, (yes, including five of my own from Pat) and having traded/bought/sold with many fellow posters here, I would have asked many of the same questions. So would many here. They are in no way irrelevant nor superficial, nor was your description of the whistles “obvious” in any way.
I’ve known Pat for a good many years now, as do quite a few of us here. It’s no secret that his whistles, their design and their aesthetics have evolved over time. For someone to ask about the general appearance and construction of something you are asking them to pay you a large sum of money for is in no way out of line.
I did however, find your response to be.
Your initial post was in no way informative to the details of what you offered. Only a “hurry up” and “you know how much they’re worth”.
Glad you sold them.
Here’s to hoping that in future you may be a bit more considerate of the fellow musicians/human beings you share this board with.
Regards…
Spoken like a person who has not owned a Ferrari. 
You may rest assured I got a detailed maintenance history that even included the type of wax that was used for polishing. 
I mean, c’mon, it’s my money. 
If a Ferrari isn’t Ferrari-red, it’s not a Ferrari.
Now back to discussing whistles, please.
http://www.dennigcars.org/models/ferrari_250_gt_california.htm
It seems they have details on the Ferrari, down to it’s size in milimeters! 
Actually, perhaps it wasn’t clear enough but I was being sarcastic by stating something completely absurd. I thought a non-running Ferrari made that clear. 
Hmmmm… . . . OK, Does Ferrari make a red one in the key of Bb with a corinthian leather carry pouch?
It was clear … 
Ok, you should be right, though I really don’t think questions related to where and when I bought it (what’s different of asking when the whistle was made, if you want to check the mentioned O’Riordan “evolution”) or even engraved clovers have anything to do with the quality or tone of the whistle. For me they’re simply aesthetic details that fussy people might care about.
You were right about rudeness and I think I owe apologies especially to Doc Jones who gently chimed in with a “thumbs up” and I acted in not a “nice” way as mentioned. About the lack of information, I was really in a hurry and didn’t want to waste time to answer questions made just out of curiosity, so I answered those who asked me specific questions by PM or email as requested.
I bought the set when I still had this mythological idea people create about it and don’t like things that tend to become collection items than useful tools. I totally dislike collections actually. Since I also bought it in this forum and it was also a bit complicated process (could one say that this “sacredness” around these myths end up as a curse or burden of attachment?), as usual I paid much more than Pat would charge and today I wouldn’t do that.
The value of the thing itself made me not use it and I never took it to any session, afraid of causing it any damage, being robbed,etc. Probably people who acquired whistles from Pat directly are less afraid of using it, as people who live around Pat’s region, I think it was Solomon that said lots of pleople would routinely play O’Riordans in the local sessions. Those people have probably a less “sacred” idolatric image of it and use it more normally…
Sorry for the frankness, I agree I was rude and I was moved by my dislike of collections…I think people should be less anal, less attached to just accumulating things and worried about aesthetics and triffle things. As for me, I’m trying to cut down to what I need to learn (because I can’t say I do music) music and stop furthering this image that is so common around here, of “sacredness” of some whistles, inconsistency of others, Whoa, etc. Poor beginners end up carried away by all this nonsense of nonstop accumulation thing that doesn’t help much to progress in music itself.
It may sound as a nothing to do topic, but what I mean is that it is just a whistle…it may be a good one for some, but that’s all, it is just a whistle, nothing to do much fuss about…