Ebony and brass drones, walnut main stock, bag and walnut bellows. Lovely set of drones I have used for ten years. All reeds are included and playing well. The reeds are Kirk’s composite drone reeds and they are extremely stable. Bellows has been refurbished and a new flapper valve inserted and nice thick leather pads added for the arm and side. Extremely comfortable! The whole set is playing, polished and ready to go. Just needs a chanter and you are off! $1850. PM me or e-mail me: zacleger@gmail.com
Half set made by Kirk Lynch in 1991, sans chanter. Main stock is
walnut with ebony drones.
All metal parts are brass. It has served me well over the
ten years I have had it. I won a gold medal in the 2003 Mid-Atlantic
Fleadh here in the states and took a third in the All-Ireland senior
piping competition with it the same year. I play trad music
professionally and have used this set on stage and on tour with the
likes of Eileen Ivers, Celtic Crossroads, Glen Road, Jamie Laval,
Niamh Parsons, John Doyle, the Irish dance show Emerald Beat and on
over a dozen recordings. However, I have a new full set coming very
soon, so I must sadly part with my old friend in order to procure
funds. This set has just been completely refurbished and cleaned up by
master wooden flute maker and instrument restorer Jon C. All metal
ferrules and parts have been thoroughly cleaned and polished,
re-corked and many of the wooden parts
rebuffed and refinished. A new blowpipe of very durable, thick black
rubber was added which should last for many years. The bellows valve
was replaced and completely new, very comfortable arm and waist pads
covered with real black leather have been added to the bellows as well. There is no
longer a leather flapper valve in the bag at the base of the blowpipe.
Instead I use a garden-hose quick-connect system to attach the bellows
and blowpipes together, with a LittleMac highland pipe valve fitted
into the male piece of the quick-connect. This makes the set very easy
to take apart and connect and very efficient with no need to replace
leather valves in the set (no annoying “groaning” noises from settling
valves, either). The drones use Kirk’s brass and plastic composite
reeds and they sound great. I never used the baritone drone as I don’t
really care for the sound of all three drones going, but I will
include all three reeds with the set. A few nicks and dings here and there,
but I have had it for ten years and it is in as good of shape as ever.
$1850.
Contact zacleger@gmail.com
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