Sean Reid's pipes

Uilleann Pipes
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A friend of mine asked me this morning “what ever happened to Sean Reid’s pipes…?”

I told him I had no clue but I’d ask on this forum… I did a search of this forum and someone stated that LOF is currently playing them. Can anyone confirm this - and the maker? Thanks.

This same friend has a David Quinn Practice Set from 1978 – with a dead reed. He pulled it out of a box that probably hadn’t seen light for 25 odd years… that’ll do it. I found him a reed that works fairly well in the chanter (its a damn nice looking chanter). We’ll have to get JES to make him a reed for it when JES is back in action.

He said that when he was staying with Sean Reid for a week in 77’ or so — Sean told him that Sean’s chanter was a bitch for other pipers to play because the tone holes were set differently or something – is this a case of fuzzy memories or…

In any event, I’d appreciate any information y’all have to offer.


Thanks

PCole

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As far as I know Sean Reid owned several sets of pipes in his lifetime. He tended to loan them to various pipers. Willie Clancy has a loan of a Rowsome concert pitch set which is now with Liam O’Flynn. There was also the Colgan B set which Jimmy O’Brien-Moran now has. I don’t know if either LOF or JOBM own these sets or if they still belong in some way (trust, foundation, etc) to the estate of Sean Reid.

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Thanks PJ!

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My guess is that Seán himself would have relied on trust.

But his generosity continues to provide inspiration even in our more formalised era: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=125375085&blogID=298265848