Hello I thought some of you might be interested in these
pictures I took during Piping Live of the historic sets
owned by the national Piping Center. Sorry they are not
all uilleann. If I remember the main Uilleann set is a Robert Reid
and the Boxwood set might be Hugh Robertson (?) but I can’t
remember for sure. The other regulated set is a pastoral and I can’t
recall rthe maker.
Anyway I just learned how to post pics.
I have some other good photos of performers I will
post when I have more time.
this is the place in cowcaddens, right?
theyve really expanded their collection since my last trip. impressive.
Id love to discuss this exquisite old 4palmi, (possibly 5 palmi) zamp:
and the baroque musettes also;
but it s the uilleann forum
I was there about 8 years ago and was impressed with the number of Lowland (Border) and Pastoral pipes they had on display. It is really a nice museum.
Hello Hans and all,
I just got the best pics I could trying to avoid reflections in the glass and the load of people milling
about as it was during the Piping Live festival and the place was packed. I really like the Ivory drones and smallpipes
I would love to know what the chanter that went with the ivory drones looked like. Can anyone explaina bit about
the keywork on the Reid chanter. Is there a Long and short f key there? And is that a tiny key near the bottom
where there would normally be an open hole? I assume the glued on raised bits are guides or are they decorative?
Thank you for the links Hans.
Take Care, Pat
The sets in the photos and the piping center are the links that Hans and then Spear provided
including makers names and provenance of the sets.
The six drone set is a Robert Reid set. Some well known piper can’t think who now has
a Reid set in playing order maybe Jimmy Obrien-Moran?
Chris Bayley is said to have
made copies of the Reid “presentation set” ie six drone set.
Why the little key for what is normally an open hole or is one open
hole not shown in my closeup of the chanter?
The key at the bottom of the front of the chanter?
Hi Silver Spear,
I had a great night at the Oran Mhor though I was a bit drunk leaviing. I will be going back its a great fun session. May be a few weeks as I’ve just had my wean, as all these mental scots keep calling my little boy. By the way he loves Willie Clancy’s the Gold Ring the flat stuff and Harry Bradley playing slow airs the best so far, good taste, I think. See you soon I’m sure, Pat.
The Ried chanter is a union chanter I think. Not pastoral though there is a different pastoral set pictured as well.
Well it least it terminates at an ivory mount and then silver ferrule unless the foot joint is just missing
but it doesn’t appear that it the case. The other removable footjoint pastorals in the online collection don’t seem to have a ferrule there but you never know. Even if it is a pastoral chanter there would still be an open hole there. Just curious as to the purpose
The key appears to cover the normal finger hole where the pinky of the right hand would be placed?
Just browsing through the museum pages this Scott chanter is the same six holes on the front and a small key
covering the lowest hole. I just had never seen that before:
