Anyone here play a half or full set of hybrid pipes? Meaning chanter from one person, drones from another, regs someone else. And, why a hybrid as opposed to a single set from one maker?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of putting together such a set?
[ This Message was edited by: elbogo on 2002-09-22 23:38 ]
Boy, I thought this would at least get a few replys. No one on this list plays a hybid set of pipes and really loves them?
Elbogo,
Janice who I have not seen on the forum for sometime apparently plays a hybrid set.
However they may not be to her liking as I think I saw her recent post regarding parting company with them.
I know some people who play hybrid sets and seem to like them. I’ve also seen sets cobbled together using antique and new components.
The general opinion I’ve received is that it’s hard enough to manage & maintain pipes made by one maker, the hybrids carry the potential of increasing those headaches.
I’m probably not the best informed on this subject, so I hope you get other opinions.
John Harvey
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Paddy Keenan’s original set was a ‘hybrid’ set. Janice, I believe, played a Britton chanter / Leon Rowsome drones half set. She has either sold them or wants to sell them.
If you match them well, they sound great.
Dionys
I have a hybred D set of sorts… it’s a Eugene Lambe full set with a Martin Preshaw chanter. The Preshaw chanter is just much more in tune than the Lambe.
Slán,
Patrick.
Hey, it’s nice to be remembered…I do like my hybrid set, but am taking advantage of my close proximity to Joe Kennedy and so have ordered a set form him. I just started a Phd in Music Education (witha cognate in Wind Band conducting- how’s that for a mouthful?) and am up to my bellow arm in work. My point, off topic, is that I am considering a dissertation on informal/formal learning in Irish trad music(particularly piping) and though that this forum has potential for gathering info…
Great Janice… what does that mean in english?
On a side note I often use different chanters on a half set. My favorite being a C chanter on D drones.
Gay McKeon plays a Coyne C set with a Kiernan chanter and Pat Mitchell a Willie Rowsome C, also with Kiernan chanter. Lovely sounds out of those two.
I play A Cillian O’Briain Concert chanter with McCarthy drones and regs. Drones and chanter are really well balanced .The regs are sometimes problematic but when they are going well they sound as good as any set I’ve heard.
Gay’s Coyne C 3/4 set now has an Andreas Rogge chanter on it.
Patrick.
Thanks for that bit, Patrick–I saw Gay’s name on Rogge’s site and had wondered what he was playing by him.
Wow, great! Thanks for your input everyone… there’s certainly a lot of diversity here. I also bet that everyone has a story behind their sets, that kind of makes them very special.
sorry for the late post,i’ve been away for a few days. i play a “hybred” set with a childress chanter and bag, bellows and droans which i made. they play very well and i learned a lot about droan reeds and making droans sound as you want them to.
i have also built a set of B droans which are eagerly awaiting a new chanter that should arrive in early october.
sure i’d love to have a full set by by one of the fine makers but “abstract poverty” and the need to tinker will probably keep me on this path. i do keep my eyes open in all the pawn shops.
i may order a regulator for next year.
best to all on the list, tansy
Might as well put my two cents in. 
My drones and regs are by Charles Roberts (and I couldn’t be happier with the drones, which have a lovely “ping” to them), and I play a chanter by Tony Hebdon. Everything seems to balance well enough (although it’s taken some tinkering), and the Hebdon chanter is much better in tune than the original Roberts one was.
I think it’s great that you can “hybridize” the pipes–on most instruments, you don’t have any options that way!