OK, now this may be stirring up a real can of worms, but…
I think that most people would agree that Geoff Wooff is on of the finest pipe makers today, but he really only specializes in flat sets.
Who would most folks agree on as the finest maker of concert sets?
Not that I’m in the market, I’m just interested in peole’s experiences and opinions.
Jeff
Moroccan’s make the best hubbly bubbly’s Man 
Here we go again 
Leave me out 
the board has been way too civil of late… need to stir the pot 
Hello anima,
I think Andreas Rogge and Dave Williams…
" need to stir the pot "
…
What’s the point of that? This is a forum about Uilleann Piping.
The “30 Minute Argument” forum is down the hall. (Thinking Monty Python).
Koehler & Quinn do amazing work.
Patrick.
EDIT: I had the names backwards from the official order.. .sorry 
I’ll second that.
Hi Folks,
what constitutes a good pipe maker? from a beginners point of view (i.e. me 
)
Cheers, Mac
All points could be argued… at any level.
Close your eyes.
Tell me… how does it feel in your hands and what does it sound like?
Doesn’t everything else becomes secondary?
If you don’t like how it plays and sounds… then cost, wait time, looks and reedability aren’t that important.
Anyone who plays a concert pitch set his or her pipemaker will be their favourite/best D set maker…
afaics everyone is trying to endorse their own pipemaker, which isn’t bad but…, you are never gonna get a real nswer to that question..
Like someone said.., here we go again.. :roll:
Froment. Ask Mick O’Brien.
Seth Gallagher - beautiful work, gorgeous sound! Koehler and Quinn - unquestionable quality and integrity.
…and there’s the Milli O’Vanilli pipes, perfect for playing along other guys tunes.
Hi Rick,
I don’t play a K&Q set although one day I would certainly love to… ( David, you out there? 
) I am basing my suggestion of Koehler & Quinn on every set of pipes I’ve ever played, heard and seen up close. Anima had asked for wide bore type makers so I gave my opinion based on my esperience. K&Q’s attention to detail is unsurpassed and their workmanship is in the same league.
Rick wrote:
Like someone said.., here we go again..
I think that was ChuckD wasn’t it? 
Patrick.
I made my own pipes, BUT, if I were to get someone else to do the job, Dave Williams would definately be the man.
You don’t want to know
Doesn’t everything else becomes secondary?
If you don’t like how it plays and sounds… then cost, wait time, looks and reedability aren’t that important.
How much of the tone you hear when someone like e.g Liam O’Flynn, JO’BM etc play is down to the pipes they play and how much is the piper, will reeds make a difference etc etc. Is it possible to get a sound/tone you like simply by getting pipes from the same maker as a player you like the sound of. I’m not suggesting that you’ll sound like them by the way. I would have thought that differences in style and tecnique would make pipers of equal ability sound different. I suppose it’s like a lot of things, research plenty, listen to advice, listen to as many pipers/pipes as you can and finally you’ll have to decide for yourself which maker to buy from. When you get them and have practiced to the point that the pipes are the problem rather than the piper, congratulate yourself
Cheers, Mac
In an interview with Liam O’Flynn on “The Seamus Ennis Story” audio documentary he says that when Seamus picked up Liam’s own set that there was “that unmistakable Ennis tone”. Also listen to Jimmy O’B-1-Moran playing his Patsy Browne chanter and his Coyne chanter side by side on his recording… very similar styles although, having said that, any set of pipes you pick up will have it’s own ideosyncracies that will cause you to learn that individual instrument.
Patrick.
Koehler and Quinn, in my humble opinion, are at the top of the “heap.” There are, of course, others who make good pipes. K&Q concert sets are distinct and recognizable by their sweet lovely tone and excellent workmanship. Of course, I am biased being in possesion of a D 3/4 set, and B and Cn chanters of their make…and am in the hunt for 3/4 sets in B and C to go with those chanters in case anybody is interested in selling 
Yeah, Tony, but you never know which drone is made by Milli or Vanilli or which one actually made the Chanter. Vanilli’s Concert Pitch Chanters are really nice. They are easy to play through both octaves. Milli’s tend to be a little bit more cantankerous due to his reeds. It almost makes more sense to get a Vanilli set with Milli’s reeds. It is a little bit confusing. When did they become Pipemakers anyway??
Ok.., maybe not everyone..
But to prove my point i’d like to point at Lewis now.. 
And yes!!
It was indeed ChuckD hehe
PE #1
“Here we go again…, bring the noise!”
Which seems rather appropriate..