'O'Connell' half set
African blackwood, brass,
maple mainstock and
boxwood mounts
key: D
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Personal full Set
African blackwood, brass
and holly mounts
key: D |
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Keywork detail
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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Drone & Reg assembly |
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Chanter keywork detail
Cnat, F nat, G# and Bb |
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Drone switch |
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Bellows
Eastern Maple &
African blackwood
Leather gussets, hinge and straps |
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Bellows detail |
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Hand-stitched leather bag
Chrome tanned cowhide
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Chanter stock
Cocobolo wood |
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made by Boris Favre
Vancouver, BC
xbf@telus.net
September 2009
Radio-Canada (CBC) invited me into their studios for an interview about my pipes and pipe=making. It was aired on national television and has since been archived on the CBC's website. Click on the link to view the full interview (in french):
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May 2009
This article was published in L'Express Du Pacifique, British Columbia's Francophone newspaper: Click on the image to enlarge:
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July 2008
Radio-Canada (CBC) invited me into their studios for an interview about my pipes and pipe=making. It was aired on national radio and has since been archived on the CBC's website. Click on the link to hear the full interview (in french):
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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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