T’is now on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140076857633&rd=1&rd=1
I have a Sloan D set which I like a lot and which was meant to be my interim set while awaiting another to be made.
Part of me thought it’d be a good idea to gain the practice on that instrument in preparation for continuing playing on the other.
I’ve tried several different sets and chanters now and have the distinct feeling that spending time on one chanter doesn’t necessarily prepare one well for another. I assume this to be part of the unique nature of hand-made reed instruments (having experienced something similar with uilleann pipes).
I’m rethinking my plan and might like to free up some cash for musical project in front of me.
Then I’d just take up the pipes again when the “keeper” set (yeah, I know, chortle awa’) arrives.
Sloan D, 4 drones, each with bead and slide;
11-keys / lined key slots (plated – chrome or nickel);
Black buffalo mounts (fully mounted – quite pretty);
Burgundy velvet bag cover;
Sloan bellows.
Condition: Excellent to near perfect; in super playing condition (just refettled this evening and it's playing dead on A=440 pitch).
Original price: $5,632.00.
As some of you may know, Ray Sloan is no longer making any sets of Northumbrian smallpipes.
Please email if interested.
Photos here if not now, then by next week:
go to [www.tommyswirled.com](http://www.tommyswirled.com)
scroll all the way to the bottom of the right-hand frame (i.e., the main portion of the page);
click on Instruments for Sale
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