Half Set in D
African Blackwood, brass,
Maple mainstock and
Boxwood mounts
 hear this set
SOLD
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Full Set in D
African Blackwood, brass
and Holly mounts
(personal set) |
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Regs & Drones in D
African black wood,
brass and holly |
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Keywork
tenor, baritone & bass
regulaters |
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Mainstock Assembly
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Bell detail
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Tuning Pins
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Drone switch
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Mid-section |
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Tuning pins
and bell detail |
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Bass Drone Bend |
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Chanter in D
fully keyed with stop key
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Close-up of Keywork
Cnat, F nat, G# and Bb |
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Drone Switch closeup |
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Disassembled set
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Drones in D
Dogwood, Brass &
African Blackwood
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Underside
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Chanter in D
Holly, Brass
& Blackwood |
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Top & bottom view
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Bellows
Eastern Maple &
African Blackwood
Leather gussets, hinge and straps
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More Bellows
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Leather Bag
Chrome tanned cowhide
hand-stitched |
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Leather Bag
Chrome tanned cowhide
extended neck
hand-stitched
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Chanter Inlet Stock
Cocobolo
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Bag Inlet Stock
Cocobolo & Brass |
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Valve Inlet Stock
Cocobolo |
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made by Boris Favre
Vancouver, BC
xbf@telus.net
July, 2007
Earlier this month, I attended a pipe making & measuring course in Miltown Malbay, Ireland. The class, made possible by Na Píobaírí Uilleann, was held at the Willie Clancy Summer School under the guidance of pipemakers Geoff Wooff and Cillain O'Briain.
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Blindfold test
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Cillian O'Briain with a student
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