# Tayloresque bass reg **URL:** \ **Category:** Uilleann Pipes\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457 "2006-09-11T14:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uillmann1](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uillmann1](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/uillmann1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/1 "2006-09-11T14:26:41Z")
Can anyone identify the maker of this regulator? ![](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/uilleann05/IMG_3028.jpg) ![](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/uilleann05/IMG_3018.jpg) ![](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/uilleann05/IMG_3017.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_McGuire](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Jim\_McGuire](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Jim_McGuire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/2 "2006-09-11T15:59:14Z")
Could be Robert Hutton or even Pat Hennelly. The provenance of the set, if available, might assist in the ID. ---
**Author:** ![uillmann1](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uillmann1](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/uillmann1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/3 "2006-09-11T16:22:25Z")
It was included with the box of Taylor, Rowsome and other pipes I got years ago. It was much cruder than the Taylor stuff, but the bore is identical to the Taylor’s bass reg reamer at the Mercer Museum. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_McGuire](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Jim\_McGuire](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Jim_McGuire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/4 "2006-09-11T16:45:34Z")
Then Robert Hutton. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_L\_Rietmann](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.chiffandfipple.com/kevin_l_rietmann/32/3125_2.png) [@Kevin\_L\_Rietmann](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/Kevin_L_Rietmann)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/5 "2006-09-11T17:48:28Z")
Is that a copper tube for the bend of the bass regulator? The Willie Rousome Bb set that was found in Boston had its bass remodeled as a Taylor type, and simple copper tube was used for the bend. We figured that must be Patsy Brown’s work, since he was in Boston. ---
**Author:** ![uillmann1](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uillmann1](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/uillmann1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/6 "2006-09-12T17:35:33Z")
The bend is brass, apparently hand rolled, and nickel plated. There is no wood in the tube, but a few splinters of boxwood(?) were stuck deep in the inner wall. ---
**Author:** ![nwhitmer](https://chiffandfipplewww.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@nwhitmer](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/u/nwhitmer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://www.chiffandfipple.com/t/tayloresque-bass-reg/41457/7 "2006-09-13T13:11:19Z")
Here are pics of a bass reg in my possession, maker unknown, not a Taylor. Copper tube for the bend. aluminum mounts. I suspect the best one can say is that makers of sets like these had a common influence - the Taylors! Telling who made what based on the objects alone seems like an impossible job at this point. It’s fun to think about, tho. For example, Ted Anderson had a look at this set & sensed a whiff of Brennan, due to the key shape. Speculatively, Nick Whitmer ![](http://www.lightlink.com/nwhitmer/gif/br1.JPG) ![](http://www.lightlink.com/nwhitmer/gif/br3.JPG) ![](http://www.lightlink.com/nwhitmer/gif/br4.JPG) ![](http://www.lightlink.com/nwhitmer/gif/br5.JPG)