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Great playing chanter... I love it but I have too many and it does not get played. Reason selling is to fund the purchase of a Hammond organ and Leslie cabinet. Made about 1992ish according to Kirk. Cocoboa with brass keys and top. Five keys. Reversed touches on Fnat and G# - was made for Jerry. Nor...

cane chanter reed
elder regulator reeds
elder constructed drone reeds

BUT have recently heard an amazing elder chanter reed....

if mine wasn't so fine i'd be next in line...

with there fellow florida feller... first two sets i got were antler. discussed options with my maker and because box is relatively soft and these are gigging pipes, he went with horn where the mounts would take a beating and box in a supporting role... switch em' out if they're really bothering you...

hey - right there with the natural yet sustainably harvested materials. my honorable dmq made the mounts on my pipes out of boxwood for a lighter accent to pick up the traditional lighter tone of the ivory - but since it is a soft wood, used water buffalo horn for the parts of the mounts that would ...

larre and i are definitely headed up... so there's two.

Kevin, Martin, and John, If you head into the Sunshine state - let me know and I will help with a gig here in Gainesville if you would like... Can even put a couple of you up, and as a teetotaler I am completely loaded with teas of the world! Ask Cillian about the accommodations - think they were ok...

hey - traveling south to lecture at a couple of schools in miami-dade area this week and wondering if wednesday night has anything going on tuneage-wise?... can't find anything on line, but surely that can't be right. email or pm me if anything is happening - i.e. bring instrument or not best, maze ...

OKAY - now that was worth waiting for. Both Donal and John wrote to follow up and told me another was being sent..... which after daily mailbox checking with Alex - and lo and behold today, she announced that 'daddy's cd' had finally arrived... great cd so far... Thanks At First Light for great foll...

Has anyone been able to get hold of the new At First Light CD? I ordered one over a month ago and have not been able to find a way to contact McSherry's on line store to track, or check on delivery et al. - So I am curious if anyone else ordered a copy but were able to receive it?

Thanks


maze

um... has anyone told Susanne yet?...

5 Key Cocoboa with scrimshawed Imitation Ivory mounts (one mount with a few chips) and brass windcap. Made as prototype for Jerry O'Sullivan back in early 1990's (according to Kirk and Jerry). Reason for selling: I have seven chanters - I need three. I am getting married and am stressing over money ...

5 Key Cocoboa with scrimshawed Imitation Ivory mounts (one mount with a few chips) and brass windcap. Made as prototype for Jerry O'Sullivan back in early 1990's (according to Kirk and Jerry). Reason for selling: I have seven chanters - I need three. I am getting married and am stressing over money ...

Okay, i stink... not just me personally, but my playing. I realize that, you realize that, I KNOW you realize that you realize that... but just trying to do what I can... and I think if I can at least get the right eq levels set, the little ensemble thing we are recording will at least not sound wor...

Did anyone go? DID ANYONE GO?! Yes indeedy, anyone DID go, and it was totally wicked (quoting daughter)! Kathleen and her crew did an absolutely fantastic job. Will certainly want to write this one up as one of the best tionol's ever... She and her crew had such a fantastic job with every little det...

wow - that's a great deal!