Mounting your pipes
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McPhee lived in New Zealand, and mostly made Highland pipes. He cranked out a couple of copies of two local M. Egan sets, both of which had enormous "trumpet" style regulator caps. One belonged to a piper named Paddy Glavin, the other was made for a famous piper, John Couglan. This set passed on to Dan O'Dowd in Dublin, and is heard on the early Chieftains albums.
McPhee's work was top-notch, when I saw a picture of it I couldn't believe someone was turning out pipes like that in the 1950's. Of course, who knows how good these pipes are as musical instruments.
Great pics, guys, keep 'em coming!
McPhee's work was top-notch, when I saw a picture of it I couldn't believe someone was turning out pipes like that in the 1950's. Of course, who knows how good these pipes are as musical instruments.
Great pics, guys, keep 'em coming!
Only the beehive set isn't kenna. The chanter is but the rest isn't, Mark Walstrom thinks (and I would agree) it's Ryan. The mounts were not original though,it seems they were put on later.Patrick D'Arcy wrote:I wonder if Kenna was involved in chess piece construction at all? The beehive set would certainly lead one to think so?
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Thats a Mulcrone set. He was a pipe maker that lived in Dublin around the 1910-1940s ish. (I could be off the mark there) I think he may have spent a ibt of his spare time with Willie Rowsome, learning the skills.
Neillidh Mulligan has a set too. Peter Browne got his set from Seamus Ennis. I don't know of any more in existance.
Tommy
Thats a Mulcrone set. He was a pipe maker that lived in Dublin around the 1910-1940s ish. (I could be off the mark there) I think he may have spent a ibt of his spare time with Willie Rowsome, learning the skills.
Neillidh Mulligan has a set too. Peter Browne got his set from Seamus Ennis. I don't know of any more in existance.
Tommy
I once spent a day with Geoff Wooff in the Science Museum in London looking at the old lathes an the stuff made on them. Unbelievable displays of crafmanship.Jim McGuire wrote:Lathe work was incredible in the 1800s. 'Gentlemen' in Victorian England used to own their own lathe as a hobby, before satellite sports, internet poker, etc.
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There used to be a 200 year old Henry Maudslay lathe at the Museum of Science & Industry/Natural History in Los Angeles. Very precise & smooth carriage movement. Gotta love museum's with their "please do not touch the exhibit's" sign's...heh, heh. Maudslay also invented a bench micrometer capable of measuring 1/10,000 th of an inch. Those old boy's knew what they were doing.