In the following photo of the Beaty Taylor Set (which I found on uilleannobsession BTW), what is the “thingy” on the double chanter just below wind-cap? Looks like a switch. Is it a stop-valve?
Third-octave E and F (or F#) keys.
What a work of Art!!!.
Tommy
I’ve been drooling over this photo since I first saw it on the cover of Pat Sky’s Uilleann Bagpipe manual. There’s just something about the Taylor style that mesmerizes me.
WHAT IS THAT ALL!!! 
I haven’t ever seen this monster, why?..Why? What?.. I don’t understand 
Where’s the chanter there? And other one- what is it? Why is there two tunings in each regulator???:-? 
When I first saw a set of Taylor pipes I thought it was just plain ugly. However, they’ve grown on me.
Because they’re double regs… two reeds each, just like the one chanter. Had another look, they are actually quadruple regs, tenor and baritone each have four reeds and five notes.
Thanks to the mystery piper who PM’d me with my slight undersight. 
Dope!
Those belonged to Joe Shannon, a Co. Mayo man who moved to Chicago when he was 10. Joe died recently, RIP. You can hear him, both solo and with his friend the fiddler Johnny McGreevy, on two releases: The Noonday Feast, on Green Linnet, and Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago, on Rounder. I always like the sound of this set, too, although apparently it’s louder than beejeezus too!
David Quinn’s articles on Taylor keywork explain how it all works, too. Rube Goldbergish stuff for those quad regs.
Here’s Joe being interviewed and playing a few tunes on Céilí House, first link:
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/links_radio.html#ceilihouse
PD.
Great interview. “Kick-starting a Jumbo Jet”, a great name for an album.
This is dope:
This is dope on dope:
those keys looks like the thingy the doctor puts on your tongue while you say “AHHHHHH”…
truly looks like a monster. Don’t know if I like it or like it…it sure looks different…
Rob
Having seen two Taylor sets now, its an amazing piece of work. Does anyone have its full history; how many owners, etc.
I just pulled out my Pat Sky manual from 1980 and the image is reversed from his cover, i.e the belows is on top of the regs.
Yes, I have the same printing of that manual as you, and the imaged is reversed.
So we’re both less than young DUUUDES 
Not to infringe on anyone’s thread-drift proclivities, but here are three views (once again thanks to Mr. D’Arcy) of another Taylor chanter that also has these third-octave keys:
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/diary_2003.html#taylorchanter
David Quinn’s CD-ROM “Pipes and Pipemaking” gives the bore and tonehole data for the Beatty double chanter.
I’d like to see some more detailed images of those high keys, and the other keywork on the back of that chanter.
Have a look at this site:
I forgot about Thomas’ site. I’ve seen both Ted Anderson and John Walsh sets. Thanks for the reminder