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Calum · Post by **Calum** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:28 am

Some long standing forum members may remember me from a while back when I ordered a Davy Stephenson kit set, right before he dropped off the map.

Well...a few PMs later (many thanks Uillam) I got in touch with him (I've moved around a bit since then), and yesterday, this dropped through my letterbox:

So I took myself down to the post office and found...this:

It had well wrapped packages within, bearing a stern admonition:

They contained these goodies:

I was concerned to discover the chanter had a number of holes in it, but Heather Clarke assures me it's meant to be that way:

In all seriousness, it is a very nice piece of workmanship. It's still early in the morning, so I haven't tried the chanter properly yet (watch this space for a clip), but a quick honk seems pretty comfortably balanced and set at a nice pressure.

As you may have noticed, it didn't arrive in a kit form in the end - the reason was, as Davy explained to me a while ago, that on second thoughts he was worried about badly put together set going second hand and people not realising what they were - hence casting aspersions on his workmanship.

Cheers,
Calum

maw · Post by **maw** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:39 am

that's a nice lookin set worth the wait I'm sure... enjoy

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:01 am

So you're in the Borders, eh?

And all this time I thought u were in the States!!

Is this your 1st Practice Set, or have you had another one?

Good luck with it

Boyd

http://www.strathspeyinmay.com

PJ · Post by PJ » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:30 am

Hi Calum,

Nice practice set. Don't water it too much, keep it away from direct sunlight and with a little time it'll grow into a full set.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:33 am

That looks a very smart set. I hope you enjoy it. You might want to think twice about broadcasting your personals on the web, though.

Cheers,

djm

Douglas · Post by **Douglas** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:46 am

Looks nice. I have never played one of Davy's sets but his work is very esthetically pleasing.

I had talked to him about a half set about three or four years ago.

Glad to see he has delivered.

upiper71 · Post by **upiper71** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:36 am

Nice set. What's the wood?

upiper71

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:44 am

The chanter is South American Rosewood, I'm not sure what any of the rest is. It is a very attractive and nicely made set - more attractive than the Howard set I had for a while.

DJM, I do a fair bit of GHBing-for-hire on the side, so my contact details are pretty liberally splattered on the web anyway. Besides, I have a ferocious cat which will fall asleep as soon as it sniffs a burglar.

Cheers,
Calum

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:51 am

Royal Mail "wiith us it's personal" (TM), yet the Delivery person only has a number.

Kevin Krell

leaky_joe · Post by **leaky_joe** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:24 pm

Calum wrote:The chanter is South American Rosewood, I'm not sure what any of the rest is. It is a very attractive and nicely made set - more attractive than the Howard set I had for a while.

I have to say that I've never seen an unattractive Howard set. Like most professional musical instrument makers, his pipes are a work of art and a thing of beauty

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:01 pm

When someone writes South American Rosewood, is that the same as Brazilian rosewood ( I have an ancient Gibson 12 string with that wood on the back and sides), or, are there multiple species??? Curious...

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:29 pm

Say! Isn't that a "sharp object" in the bottom right corner of the last picture?!

I'm tellin' Davy!

Doc